47 S.C. 279 | S.C. | 1896
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
This action was commenced on the 12th day of June, 1895, to foreclose two mortgages on the house and lot described in the complaint. The facts are fully stated in the report of the master, which will be set out in the report of the case, and it is only necessary to refer to it for a proper understanding of the questions raised
The exceptions raise substantially but three questions, to wit: 1st. Was the Circuit Judge in error, when he adopted the mode by which he ascertained the rental value of the premises? 2d. Was the Circuit Judge in error, when he decreed that the plaintiff’s debt should be paid out of the
We will consider the questions raised by the exceptions in the order above stated, and proceed to a consideration of the first question. John H Hare paid Bramlett & Barnett on account of material that went into the building in question, $119.13, and Thomas Butler for work done on the same, $18, aggregating $137.13. The appellant contends that as the house and lot and improvements altogether cost $1,311.70, and W. C. Black only contributed $1,174.57 of said amount, she should not be held to account for the full rental value of the premises, but only in the proportion which $1,174.57 bears to $1,311.70, and that the rental value should be reduced in the proportion which $137.13 bears to $1,311.70. When the defendant, Florence S. Hare, arrived at the age of maturity, she had the right either to confirm or rescind the agreement which she entered into with the defendant, Black. She made her election to rescind, the effect of which was to relieve her of her obligation, and to vest the title to the house and lot in Black. Black did not receive any benefit from the payment to Bramlett & Barnett of the $137.13 by John H. Hare until Florence S. Hare, by making her election to rescind her agreement with Black, vested the title to the house and lot in Black. This was a voluntary act on her part, and she will not be allowed now to say that when the agreement was rescinded, it did not have the effect of vesting title in Black, freed from all claims and equities touching the rental value of said property. The exceptions raising the first questions are overruled.
We come next to a consideration of the second question. The master finds that the amounts received by the defendant, Black, aggregating $396, were paid by John H Hare
The third question is disposed of by what has been said touching the second question; and the exception upon which it was predicated is likewise overruled.
It is the judgment of this Court, that the judgment of the Circuit Court be affirmed.