Davis v. Satterfield Construction Co., Inc.

Moss, Chief Justice:

Satterfield Construction Company, Inc., the appellant herein, had a contract, File No. 31.317, with the South Carolina State Highway Department for the construction of a section of Interstate Highway 20 through Lee County, South Carolina. In connection with the grading of the highway it was necessary for the appellant to have borrow pits from which earth could be taken for use in making the fills or constructing and maintaining the embankments of the road.

It appears that on January 27, 1970, the appellant executed separate written instruments with Ava B. Davis and J. L.…