Ollever v. Duval
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Pressley, J., Fairfield, September, 1889. Action by E. W. Ollever and C. K. Morrison, as partners under the firm name of Ollever & Morrison, against Mary A. Duval, commenced before a trial justice on June 26, 1889. From the judgment of the Circuit Court in favor of defendant, plaintiffs .appealed upon twelve grounds, which W'ere properly condensed by appellants’ counsel into these three questions : 1. Did the respondent promise the appellants to pay them for the…
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Before Pressley, J., Fairfield, September, 1889. Action by E. W. Ollever and C. K. Morrison, as partners under the firm name of Ollever & Morrison, against Mary A. Duval, commenced before a trial justice on June 26, 1889. From the judgment of the Circuit Court in favor of defendant, plaintiffs .appealed upon twelve grounds, which W'ere properly condensed by appellants’ counsel into these three questions : 1. Did the respondent promise the appellants to pay them for the lumber which they sent up after the first interview between Mrs. Duval and Mr. Morrison ? 2. If she did make such a promise…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McGowan.
This was an action brought by plaintiffs before a trial justice to recover $58.21. The trial justice, T. M. Cathcart, Esq., reported as follows: “It seems that the defendant has recently erected a hotel in the town of Winnsboro; that she employed one Frank Leitner, a carpenter, to put up this building for her, and that she was to pay a fixed sum to him; that Leitner was to furnish all materials to be used on the building, except some the defendant had already on hand; and that defendant was to pay him $1,500 for putting up the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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