Coffee v. Anderson County

Littlejohn, Acting Associate Justice.. This action was brought under the terms of Section 5856 as amended in 1947, of the 1942 Code (Sections 33-921 and 33-925 of the 1952 Code), which permits any person receiving personal injury or property damage through a defect in or the negligent repair of a highway, to sue the county for damages.. The roadway involved is in the Orr cotton mill village and was, until the sale of the mill houses to the employees, maintained by the corporation. Since the sale of the houses the County has absorbed the streets into the county system of roads. Harris Street…