Bascom v. Oconee County

Citations

• 48 S.C. 55
• 25 S.E. 984
• 1896 S.C. LEXIS 152

Syllabus

<p>Contract — County Commissioners — Oconee County — Highway-Bridges — Udtra Vires. — A contract entered into by the county commissioners of Oconee County and the ordinary of Raburn County, Ga., to purchase a bridge, already built across a river dividing the two States, each County to pay for one-half, to be paid for when the road in Oconee County leading to the bridge should be made a public highway, is not -ultra vires, and is binding on Oconee County after the legislature has authorized the board of county commissioners of Oconee County to open the road as a public highway.</p>