Grimes v. County of Beaufort

The plaintiff in his complaint lists twenty-one different transactions in which he rendered services to the county, exclusive of his appearance as counsel in the action against the sinking fund commissioner and his sureties and in addition to certain collections made on the judgment rendered in the civil action. These various items extend over a period from December, 1936, to January, 1938.

It may not be said as a matter of law that the plaintiff’s cause of action does not require the consideration of a long account. C. S., 573. Therefore, defendants’ exception to the order of reference on…