Case Name: DRAFTS v. STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1927-10-31
Citations: 142 S.C. 202
Docket Number: 12303
Parties: DRAFTS v. STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Judges: Messrs. Justices. Cothran, Brease, Stabrer, and Carter concur.
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 142
Pages: 202–206

Head Matter:
12303
DRAFTS v. STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
(140 S. E., 468)
March, 1926.
Messrs. Martin & Sturkie, and B. L. Asbill, for appellants,
Messrs. John M. Daniel, Cor die Page and Timmerman & Graham, for respondent,
October 31, 1927.

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. ChiEE Justice Watts.
This is an action by Douvinia Drafts, as administratrix of the estate of Thomas I. Drafts, deceased, against the State Highway Department of South Carolina. The defendant interposed a demurrer which was sustained by his Honor S. W. G. Shipp at the March term of Court, 1926, at Lexington, S. C. Notice of appeal was duly and timely served.
There are eight exceptions, and the judgment must be reversed under the recent case of Scott v. Town of Brook-land and State Highway Department of South Carolina, 139 S. C., 321; 138 S. E., 32. The action survives under Code of Laws and McLendon v. City of Columbia, 101 S. C., 48; 85 S. E., 234; 5 A. L. R., 990.
Judgment reversed.
Messrs. Justices. Cothran, Brease, Stabrer, and Carter concur.