S.C. DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. RICHARDSON

No. 2971.

335 S.C. 278 (1999)

516 S.E.2d 3

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Respondent, v. Jerry Lee RICHARDSON, Landowner, and South Carolina Federal Savings Bank, Mortgagee, Other Condemnee, of whom Jerry Lee Richardson, is the Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided April 5, 1999.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 1999.

Certiorari Denied October 11, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Dominick, of Nexsen, Pruet, Jacobs, Pollard & Robinson, of Charleston, for appellant.

Natalie J. Moore, of SC Department of Transportation, of Columbia, for respondent.


STILWELL, Judge:

In this condemnation action, a jury awarded Jerry Lee Richardson $500,000 as just compensation for the taking of his property. The trial court, however, denied Richardson's request for litigation costs. Richardson appeals the denial. We affirm.

FACTS

The South Carolina Department of Transportation condemned 6.9 acres of Richardson's 26.20 acre tract located on Hilton Head Island. The property was in the path of the Cross—Island...

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