Lexington Water Power Co. v. Wingard

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

These four cases were heard together in the Circuit Court, and the appeals in them will be so considered here.

We will confine our attention to the appeal in the case first entitled above, the Wingard case; the decision in it will be conclusive of the appeals in the other three cases.

It appears that the Lexington Water Power Company is a public service corporation created and existing under the laws of South Carolina by special Act of the General Assembly, and by the terms of its charter is authorized to build a dam or dams across…