EDENS ET AL. v. CITY OF COLUMBIA ET AL.

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228 S.C. 563 (1956)

91 S.E.2d 280

JOHN E. EDENS ET AL., Appellants, v. CITY OF COLUMBIA ET AL., Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

January 30, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Barron Grier, Jr., Esq., of Columbia, for Appellant, John E. Edens.

John Grimball, Esq., of Columbia, for Appellants, W.G. Belser and Pressley Holding Company.

Messrs. S. Augustus Black and McKay, McKay, Black & Walker, of Columbia, for Appellant, Minnie B. Hammond.

Messrs. Paul A. Cooper and John W. Sholenberger, of Columbia, for Respondent, City of Columbia, S.C., and James F. Dreher, and Robinson, McFadden & Dreher, of Columbia, for Respondent, Housing Authority of the City of Columbia, S.C. and its Commissioners.

Messrs. Frank H. Bailey, Corporation Counsel, City of Charleston, and Sinkler, Gibbs & Simons, all of Charleston, for Amicus-Curiae.


January 30, 1956.

STUKES, Justice.

The Housing Authority of the City of Columbia has proceeded under the "Redevelopment Law", section 36-401 et seq. of the Code of 1952, and determined that an area of the city is a "blighted" area, which is principally occupied by slum dwellings; and they propose to take the property, by condemnation if necessary, clear it of the present structures and sell it at the then fair value, a portion of it to the University...

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