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MANNING v. CITY OF COLUMBIA

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297 S.C. 451 (1989)

377 S.E.2d 335

Burwell D. MANNING, Jr., Eastern Corn & Grain Company, Inc., Overlook, Inc., and Bluff Industrial Development Corp., Respondents v. CITY OF COLUMBIA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 6, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy D. Bates, James S. Meggs, Office of the City Attorney, and Danny C. Crowe, Turner, Padget, Graham and Laney, P.A., Columbia, for appellant.

A. Camden Lewis and Keith M. Babcock, Lewis, Babcock, Pleicones and Hawkins, Columbia, for respondents.

Heard Jan. 24, 1989.

Decided March 6, 1989.

Per Curiam:

This is an action for breach of contract. The jury awarded respondent Manning $4,120,000 in damages. We affirm.

In 1967, Manning conveyed to the City of Columbia a 120-acre parcel of land on the Congaree River. City built a waste water treatment plant on the site. City's parcel included a portion of a fifteen-mile system of levees along...

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