KNIGHT v. HOLLINGS

18027

242 S.C. 1 (1963)

129 S.E.2d 746

John Henry KNIGHT, Respondent, v. Ernest F. HOLLINGS, Governor of the State of South Carolina, Jeff B. Bates, Treasurer of the State of South Carolina, South Carolina State Highway Department, B.E. Myers, et al., Board of Directors of Dorchester County, and Marvin R. Chinners, Road Supervisor of Dorchester County, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

February 12, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General, James S. Verner and William L. Pope, Assistant Attorneys General, of Columbia, for Appellants, Ernest F. Hollings, Governor of the State of South Carolina; Jeff B. Bates, Treasurer of the State of South Carolina; South Carolina State Highway Department, and Sidney B. Jones, Jr., of Summerville, and Charlton B. Horger, of Orangeburg, for Appellants, Board of Directors of Dorchester County and Road Supervisor of Dorchester County.

Messrs. Edens & Hammer, of Columbia, for Respondent.


February 12, 1963.

LEGGE, Acting Justice.

Act No. 1086 of 1962 (52 Stat. at L. 2648) provides as follows:

"Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, all roads designated for hard-surfacing in the State Highway Secondary Construction Program as provided for under the provisions of Act No. 855, Acts of 1958, as amended by Act No. 312, Acts of 1959, in Dorchester County in any fiscal year shall be selected from a list submitted during such...

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