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SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY DEPT. v. UNITED STATES

Civil Action No. 1787.

78 F.Supp. 598 (1948)

SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT et al. v. UNITED STATES.

District Court, E. D. South Carolina, Charleston Division.

June 15, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Daniel, Atty. Gen. of South Carolina, Huger Sinkler and Augustine T. Smythe, both of Charleston, S. C., and Helms & Mulliss, of Charlotte, N. C., for plaintiffs.

Ben Scott Whaley, U. S. Atty. and Moore & Mouzon, all of Charleston, S. C., for defendant.

WARING, District Judge.

This suit is brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 931 et seq. One of the plaintiffs is The South Carolina State Highway Department, created by Act of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, Code of South Carolina 1942, Sec. 5867. Section 5925-3 of this Code authorizes the Department to institute suit as plaintiff on behalf of the State by reason of the injury (inter alia) to any "bridge" in the State Highway...

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