City of Rock Hill v. Cothran

Mr. Associate Justice FishburnE

delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court.

This controversy arose out of the action of the municipal council of Rock Hill in closing a portion of Laurel Street, and involves a claim for damages and loss by the defendants as the owners of property abutting on a section of this street not vacated.

Laurel Street is two blocks in length. It extends from West Main Street in an Easterly direction, intersects West White Street, and terminates at Ebenezer Avenue, with which it forms ao right angle. The appellants are the owners of a parcel of land at the corner of…