Eldridge v. South Carolina Department of Transportation

We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ opinion in Eldridge v. Dep’t of Transp., Op. No.2007UP-351 (Ct.App. filed July 11, 2007), in which the Special Referee held Petitioners suffered no damages as the result of the taking of an abandoned right-of-way in downtown Greenwood; the Court of Appeals affirmed. We reverse.

FACTS

This case concerns an abandoned railroad right-of-way in Greenwood, SC. Petitioners are the current property owners along the right-of-way, and/or heirs of the original landowners at the time the right-of-way was acquired by the railroad.

*550The railroad,…