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OWENS v. S.C. STATE HWY. DEPT.

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239 S.C. 44 (1961)

121 S.E.2d 240

Park R. OWENS, Respondent, v. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

August 15, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General, and Julian L. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, of Columbia, and Suggs & McCutcheon, of Conway, for Appellant.

H.T. Abbott, Esq., of Conway, for Respondent.

August 15, 1961.

MOSS, Justice.

Park R. Owens, the respondent herein, instituted this action seeking to recover from the South Carolina State Highway Department, the appellant herein, for damages to his farm land in Horry County, South Carolina, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the appellant in the construction and relocation of a part of Highway No. 707.

The respondent is the owner of a tract of farm land located near the City of Myrtle...

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