Ould v. Spartanburg Realty Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gage, J., Spartanburg, March term, 1912. Action !by G. W. Ould against Spartanburg Realty Company. Defendant appeals. Issue of damages zvas for the jury: 99 Pac. 586; 72 At. 301, 695. Right of defendant to retain the money paid: 67 S. C. 462; 90 S. C. 490. What is a reasonable time: 10 Rich. 423; 30 Minn. 415; 5 Fed. Cas., No. 2932; 5 Md. 121; 9 Ency.
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Before Gage, J., Spartanburg, March term, 1912. Action !by G. W. Ould against Spartanburg Realty Company. Defendant appeals. Issue of damages zvas for the jury: 99 Pac. 586; 72 At. 301, 695. Right of defendant to retain the money paid: 67 S. C. 462; 90 S. C. 490. What is a reasonable time: 10 Rich. 423; 30 Minn. 415; 5 Fed. Cas., No. 2932; 5 Md. 121; 9 Ency. P. & P. 379, 385; 9 Cyc. 613. Penalty against liquidated damages: 13 Cyc. 674, 675, 93, 94, 28, 97, 98, 101; 3 Hill 269; 1 McM. 72; 5 Strob. 118; 11 Rich. 556; 19 S. C. 434; 67 S. C. 462; 21 N. Y. 260; 20 F. R. 21.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
This action was tried before his Honor, Judge Gage, and a jury, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $667.68, and, upon entry of judgment, defendant appealed. The plaintiff, by his complaint, alleged' the following facts, which were sustained by the evidence. That the defendant, a real estate corporation, made contracts with the plaintiff 'by which it agreed to deliver to him warranty deeds to four lots of land, in the city of Spartanburg, for the consideration of $2,500 to be paid in installments ($100.80 cash…
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