ELDRIDGE v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 26726.

384 S.C. 548 (2009)

683 S.E.2d 483

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, Petitioners, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided September 21, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Kendall Few, of Greer, Thomas E. Hite, Jr., of Hite & Pruitt, of Abbeville, for Petitioner.

G.P. Callison, Jr., of Callison, Dorn, Thomason, Knott & Moore, of Greenwood, for Respondent.


Justice WALLER.

We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' opinion in Eldridge v. Dep't of Transp., Op. No.2007-UP-351 (Ct.App. filed July 11, 2007), in which the Special Referee held Petitioners suffered no damages as the result of the taking of an abandoned right-of-way in downtown Greenwood; the Court of Appeals affirmed. We reverse.

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This case concerns an abandoned railroad right-of-way in Greenwood, SC. Petitioners...

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