BELUE v. CITY OF SPARTANBURG

21470

276 S.C. 381 (1981)

280 S.E.2d 49

Carl BELUE, Appellant, v. The CITY OF SPARTANBURG, Taylor Blalock, Lloyd Cantrell and Henry Dupre, Commissioners of the Public Works of Spartanburg and the Spartanburg Water Works, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

June 1, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude R. Dunbar, Spartanburg, for appellant.

Thomas W. Whiteside, Spartanburg, for respondents.


June 1, 1981.

LITTLEJOHN, Justice.

In this action Carl Belue, plaintiff (landowner), alleges that he is entitled to money damages against the defendants, City of Spartanburg and its Water Works Department, because the City's water main burst, flooding his property and damaging it. He seeks recovery on three theories:

(1) Damage to his property was a taking within Article I, § 17, of the South Carolina constitution;

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