R.E. LEE & CO. v. COMM. OF PUB. WORKS, G'VILLE

18734

250 S.C. 394 (1967)

158 S.E.2d 185

ROBERT E. LEE & COMPANY, Inc. and Dixie Construction Company of Georgia, Inc., Respondents-Appellants, v. COMMISSION OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY of GREENVILLE, South Carolina, Appellant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

December 5, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Rainey, Fant & Horton and Leatherwood, Walker, Todd & Mann, all of Greenville, for Appellant.

Messrs. Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, of Greenville, and Hitch, Miller, Beckmann & Simpson, of Savannah, Georgia, for Respondents.

Messrs. Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, of Greenville, and Hitch, Miller, Beckmann & Simpson of Savannah, Georgia, for Respondent-Appellants.

Messrs. Rainey, Fant & Horton and Leatherwood Walker, Todd & Mann, all of Greenville, for Defendant-Respondent.


December 5, 1967.

BRAILSFORD, Justice.

The plaintiffs in 1959 contracted to install a 48-inch pipeline from Travelers Rest in Greenville County to the defendant's North Saluda Dam. The plans furnished by the defendant as the basis of the contract purported to reveal the logs of auger borings which had been made along the pipeline route to determine the character of subsurface materials. After completing the installation, plaintiffs sued for damages, alleging...

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