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S.C. HIGHWAY DEPT. v. CHESTON

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278 S.C. 464 (1982)

298 S.E.2d 447

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS & PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, Respondent, v. George Morris CHESTON, Sydney C. Devereaux and Francis C. Tower Fosburg Train, Landowners, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

December 20, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moore, Flowers & Doar, Georgetown, for appellants.

Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod and Asst. Attys. Gen. Evans Taylor Barnette and M. Rich Boberson, Columbia, and Rosen, Rosen & Scoville, Georgetown, for respondent.

Dec. 20, 1982.

LEWIS, Chief Justice:

Respondent, South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation, instituted condemnation proceedings to acquire portions of appellants' (landowners') property for the purpose of widening an existing highway. The property sought to be acquired contained 25.48 acres, consisting of a strip 12,598 feet long ranging in width from 88 feet to 113 feet, and was a part of a...

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