Graves v. Serbin Farms, Inc.

Finney, Justice:

Appellants Serbin Farms, Inc., Serbin Development Corporation, and Jacob Serbin appeal the circuit court’s award of judgments to respondents Daniel M. Graves and James R. Sexton. We reverse.

On August 8, 1983, Jacob Serbin, President of Serbin Farms, Inc., and Sexton executed a Farm Management Agreement (FMA) documenting their oral agreement of the preceding March whereby Sexton would manage Serbin’s Jalapa, South Carolina, livestock farm. In October of 1983, the FMA was amended to include Sexton’s management of a Georgia hog farm which Serbin leased from Gordon Graves.

The…