Jones v. South Carolina State Highway Department

Moss, Justice.

This is an appeal by the South Carolina State Highway Department from an order of the Circuit Court which enjoins it from suspending the driver’s license of Paul Brooks Jones, Jr., the respondent herein.

The record shows that on April 16, 1965, the respondent was notified by the Department that his license to drive a motor vehicle in this state was suspended, under the provisions of Section 46-342 of the Code, for a period of three months because of his conviction on March 20, 1965, of reckless driving, such being a third offense within a five year period. He had previously been…