ELDRIDGE v. GREENWOOD

No. 2851.

331 S.C. 398 (1998)

503 S.E.2d 191

Eddie Wayne ELDRIDGE, Charles Louis Beaudrot, Russie Beaudrot Young, Bernard H. Padgett, Homer Charles Walker, and Ray F. Stewart, Individually and on behalf of a Class of Plaintiffs similarly situated, and Herbert Malcolm Crum, Individually and on behalf of a Class of Plaintiffs similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF GREENWOOD, Greenwood County, and the South Carolina Highway Department, Defendants, Of Whom, The South Carolina Highway Department is, Appellant/Respondent, Of Whom, The City of Greenwood is, Primary Respondent/Appellant, Of Whom, Greenwood County is, Secondary Respondent/Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided June 15, 1998.

Rehearing Denied August 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G.P. Callison, Jr. and David M. Tatarsky, both of Callison, Darn, Thomason & Knott, Greenwood; John R. McCravy, III, of McCravy Law Firm, Greenwood; and Stephen D. Baggett, of Burns, McDonald, Bradford, Patrick & Dean, Greenwood, for appellants.

J. Kendall Few, of Few & Few, Greenville; Marvin R. Watson, of Watson Law Firm, Greenwood; and Thomas E. Hite, Jr., of Hite & Pruitt, Abbeville, for respondents.


CURETON, Judge:

This appeal concerns the property interests the Railroad 1 acquired in different segments of a rail corridor that ran through the middle of the town of Greenwood, S.C. The Railroad removed the tracks from this corridor in the 1980's as part of a project to relocate the line to the outskirts of town.

We initially address subject matter jurisdiction and conclude this action is properly before us. The other issues...

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