South Carolina State Highway Department v. Bryant

Bussey, Justice.

This is an appeal by the Highway Department from an order refusing a motion for a new trial after a jury verdict in a condemnation proceeding in Darlington County. The condemnee, Bryant, was the owner of a farm containing 50.4 acres of land, lying to the east of the intersection of State Highway 403 and secondary road number 487, the latter being an improved farm-to-market road from Lamar to the Philadelphia Community in Darlington County. While the record does not disclose the precise distances, an official highway department map indicates that such farm is some eleven to…