GODWIN v. CARRIGAN

17005

227 S.C. 216 (1955)

87 S.E.2d 471

C. L. GODWIN, Appellant, v. H.C. CARRIGAN, G.B. KEELS, J.S. JOSEPH, D. G. ELMORE, W.D. DAVIS, JR., and D.C. ELLIOTT, as Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of Summerton, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

May 19, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Nash & Wilson, of Sumter, for Appellant.

S.E. Rogers, Esq., of Summerton, for Respondents.


May 19, 1955.

BAKER, Chief Justice.

C.L. Godwin, petitioner-appellant, instituted an action in April of 1954 against the Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of Summerton, respondents, to procure a writ of mandamus requiring the Town of Summerton, under Section 59-203, Code of Laws for 1952, to proceed to condemn lands of appellant alleged to have been taken by the Town, and to assess damages alleged to have resulted...

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