Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1936

Cooper River Bridge, Inc. v. South Carolina Tax Comm.

Supreme Court of South Carolina · Decided December 1, 1936 · Fishburne, Stabler, Messrs, Bonham, Baker, Gaston

188 S.E. 508; 182 S.C. 72; 1936 S.C. LEXIS 15 (South Eastern Reporter)

Counsel

Messrs. John M. Daniel, Attorney General, and Claude K. Wingate , for appellants, cite: Where road dedicated to public use: 143 S.C. 104 ; 141 S.E., 180 ; 124 S.C. 302 ; 117 S.E., 599 ; 133 S.C. 139 ; 130 S.E., 514 . Construction of statute: 166 S.C. 536 ; 59 S.C. 225 ; 37 S.E., 818 ; 83 S.C. 566 ; 65 S.E., 825 ; 36 Cyc., 1120. Messrs. Mitchell Horlbeck , for respondent, cite: Construction of statute: 1 N. McC., 460; 19 C.J., 1255; 166 S.C. 536 ; 142 S.C. 466 ; 83 S.C. 566 ; 104 S.C. 217 ; 263 U.S. 244 ; 127 S.C. 473 ; 139 S.C. 107 ; 128 S.C. 14 ; 171 S.C. 441 ; 139 S.C. 108 ; 127 S.C. 482 ; 128 S.C. 365 . Collection of toll: 51 C.J., 1; 158 U.S. 435 .

Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Fishburne.

The facts and issues involved in this appeal are fully stated in the decree of his Honor, Judge Grimball, which wil be reported. We are in accord with the conclusions reached by him and with his disposition of the case.

*81 Accordingly, the exceptions thereto are overruled, and the judgment of the lower Court is affirmed.

Mr. Chief Justice Stabler and Messrs Justices Bonham and Baker and Mr. Acting Associate Justice A. L. Gaston concur.

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