CHAPMAN v. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Mr. W.G. Sirrine, for plaintiff-appellant, cites: Act 1923 is unconstitutional, Const. 1895, Art. 3, Sec. 31. Mr. Oscar K. Mauldin, for Greenville County, appellant, cites: Dedication: 7 A. E Enc L., 43; 5 Strob., 217; 8 R.C.L., 834; 27 L.R.A. (N.S.), 875. Greenville County chartered: 7 Stat., 245. Court House authorized: 5 Stat., 230. City of Greenville incorporated: 6 Stat., 434. Land must be used for purpose for which it was dedicated: 8 R.C.L., 910, 911; 48 N.E., 927; 61 Pac., 237; 2 S.W. 130; 22 Pac., 528; 23 Am. Dec., 207; 97 Am. Dec., 696; 35 L.R.A. (N.S.), 603. Chamber of Commerce is a private corporation: 7 A. E Enc. L., 637, 638. Unlawful for city to go into hotel business: 42 S.C. 427; 41 S.C. 220; 57 N.W., 331 Messrs. L.O. Patterson and Stephen Nettles, for Greenville Chamber of Commerce, respondent, cite: No limit on power of city to vacate portion of street: 3 Dillon Mun. Corp., 5th Ed., 1122, 1128, 1138, 1160, 1197; Ell. Roads Streets, 3d Ed., 609, 543, 1177, 1182, 1183; 13 R.C.L., 67. Vacation is authorized by Legislature in this case: 33 Stat., 688. Test is whether use serves public good and advantage: 115 S.E., 596; 115 S.C. 108.