Stone & Clamp, General Contractors v. HOLMES

Fishburne, Justice.

The appeal arises out of a statutory proceeding to establish and foreclose a mechanic’s lien for labor, materials, and contractor’s services rendered and furnished by appellants to respondents in repairing and remodeling a dwelling house of respondents in Edgefield County.

Appellants contended in the court below that they orally agreed to remodel the dwelling on a cost-plus basis; the respondents argued that the oral agreement entered into between them and the appellants for the work to be done, was based upon an agreed price of $6,000.00, plus the actual cost of labor and…