Jones v. South Carolina Power Co.

In this action the recovery of damages in the sum of $3,000.00 was sought. The delict charged is that the defendant company destroyed a quantity of plaintiff’s timber, wood and other property that was especially reserved to him in a right-of-way deed or contract.

The complaint alleged that some time prior to December 23, 1936, the company, a public service corporation, had been negotiating for a right-of-way over a tract of land owned by plaintiff in Aiken County; that after the negotiations had progressed to a point where notice was given that the right-of-way would be established by…