LINDSEY v. CITY OF GREENVILLE

18457

247 S.C. 232 (1966)

146 S.E.2d 863

David LINDSEY, Respondent, v. CITY OF GREENVILLE, Greenville Water Works, H. Cleveland Beattie, George E. McCoin, J. Ed Hart, David G. Traxler, as Mayor, and Gus Smith, as Alderman, as Commissioners of Public Works of Greenville, South Carolina, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

February 8, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Rainey, Fant & Horton, of Greenville, for Appellants.

Charles W. Spence, Esq., of Greenville, for Respondent.


February 8, 1966.

LEWIS, Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendant from a verdict awarded to the plaintiff, in the amount of $3,000.00, for the destruction of plaintiff's bean crop in June 1961, by flood waters released in the operation of defendant's large dam and reservoir on North Saluda River in Greenville County. Recovery was based upon the alleged unlawful taking of plaintiff's property by the defendant without...

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