LAIL v. S.C. STATE HWY. DEPT.

18211

244 S.C. 237 (1964)

136 S.E.2d 306

Menta Lee LAIL, Respondent, v. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

May 12, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General, and Benjamin B. Dunlap, Assistant Attorney General, of Columbia, and Suggs & McCutcheon, of Conway, for Appellant.

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


May 12, 1964.

BUSSEY, Justice.

In this action plaintiff-respondent seeks to recover from defendant-appellant for surface water damages to her house and lot located at Surside Beach in Horry County, South Carolina, which damages were alleged to have been caused by the acts of the defendant in the course of certain construction work in the improvement of U.S. Highway No. 17, in the years 1960 and 1961, it being contended that the actions of the defendant constituted...

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