29 S.C. 598 | S.C. | 1888
Opinion by
1. The rule requiring the court to make a statement of the facts found and conclusions of law separately (Code, § 289), was intended to prevent confusion and to promote clearness and condensation, and is undoubtedly salutary and should be followed; still, the rule is not mandatory but directory merely, and the
2. There is no evidence to sustain the charge of dereliction of duty on the part of the judge — a charge “which is inconsistent with his established character for official fidelity, and will therefore not be considered.”
3. “The court cannot decree specific performance of a verbal agreement as to land without clear and satisfactory proof as to what that agreement was.”