Fitzsimons v. Guanahani Co.

Citations

• 16 S.C. 192
• 1881 S.C. LEXIS 147

Syllabus

<p>1. The courts of this State will enforce a contract made in another State under a statute of that State, according to the terms of such statute, if its requirements have been complied with.</p> <p>2. But an inspector of phosphates, in Georgia, cannot recover, for an inspection made in this State, the fees allowed by a Georgia statute; nor an equivalent sum, where the complaint bases its right to a recovery, wholly on the Georgia statute.</p> <p>3. The judge said to the jury: “ I suppose it would take me ten years of hard study to qualify myself to perform the duties required of an inspector of phosphates.” This was only an illustration of the principle by which the compensation, to be allowed in cases of skilled labor, should be determined, and did not violate Article IV., $ 26, of the constitution.</p>