Callum v. Rice

Citations

• 35 S.C. 551
• 15 S.E. 268
• 1892 S.C. LEXIS 207

Syllabus

<p>1. Findings of Fact — Proof of Services Rendered. — This court rarely disturbs a finding of fact by a master in an equity cause concurred in by the Circuit .Judge. Where a party claimed compensation for services rendered during a period of eighteen years to a person now deceased. without any evidence of an agreement during all that time, this court approved the finding of the court below, that the claim was not established.</p> <p>2. Payment by Will. — A declaration of an intention to compensate by will for services performed, is not an acknowledgment of indebtedness, which may be enforced against the intestate estate of the declarant.</p> <p>3. Ibid. — Quantum Meruit. — Nor can it be relied on to imply a contract in an action claiming remuneration in the nature of a quantum meruit.</p>