Edens v. City of Columbia

Stukes, Justice.

The Housing Authority of the City of Columbia has proceeded under the “Redevelopment Law”, section 36-401 et seq. of the Code of 1952, and determined that an area of the city is a “blighted” area, which is principally occupied by slum dwellings; and they propose to take the property, by condemnation if necessary, clear it of the present structures and sell it at the then fair value, a portion of it to the University of South Carolina for the expansion of it, and the remainder, which is the most of it, to private persons and corporations for sites for light industry, with…