Owens v. South Carolina State Highway Department

239 S.C. 44 (1961)

121 S.E.2d 240

Park R. OWENS, Respondent,

v.

SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, Appellant.

17824

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

August 15, 1961.

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General, and Julian L. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, of Columbia, and Suggs & McCutcheon, of Conway, for Appellant.

H.T. Abbott, Esq., of Conway, for Respondent.

August 15, 1961.

MOSS, Justice.

Park R. Owens, the respondent herein, instituted this action seeking to recover from the South Carolina State Highway Department, the appellant herein, for damages to his farm land in Horry County, South…