State v. HOLSTON LAND COMPANY, INC.

This appeal is from the lower court’s order granting respondent’s motion for a directed verdict. We affirm.

This action arises out of the conflicting title claims of appellant, State of South Carolina, and respondent Holston Land Company, Inc., to Drum Island and its adjacent tidelands area. Drum Island is located in the Cooper River in Charleston, South Carolina. Prior to 1950 much of the island stood below the mean high tide mark of the Cooper River. By the early 1950’s portions of the island were encircled by dikes, and, due to artificial accretion, most of the island has now been elevated…