McDonald v. State Highway Department

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. ChiEE Justice Blease.

By consent of the parties, under an order of the trial Judge, the three causes above entitled, were tried together in the Court of Common Pleas for Dillon County, and they were so heard in this Court.

Omitting the usual formal allegations the complaints alleged, in brief, the following:

The state highway, known as U. S. 217, which is paved, passes through the towns of Dillon and Latta. On January 12, 1930, on that highway, between Buck Swamp bridge and Latta, the three intestates, Mildred, Elizabeth, and Virginia McDonald, all…