Case Name: G. Keckely, ads. Cummins & Keith
Court: Constitutional Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1824-01
Citations: 1 Harp. 267
Docket Number: 
Parties: G. Keckely, ads. Cummins & Keith.
Judges: Mott, Colcock, and Johnson, Justices, concurred*.
Reporter: South Carolina Law Reports
Volume: 16
Pages: 267–268

Head Matter:
G. Keckely, ads. Cummins & Keith.
X) efndnnfs children entering a school and continuing one qu-af-t?‘ and part of an-dher, die is liahh, on proof of a custom to that- ejject, to pay for both quarters.-
Tíié plaintiff proved that the children of the defendant ¿entered his school, on the day of and continued to attend it one quarter and a part of another. The defendant offered to pay for the time the children were actually at school, but the plaintiffs contended that as the last days were part of a new quarter, they were entitled to be paid for the whole, and produced one Or two witnesses to that point, and the presiding judge ruled the custom a valid one. An appeal was made on the ground, that the defendant was only bound to pay for services actually performed.

Opinion:
The opinion of the court was delivered. by
Mr. Justice. Huger.
The custom has long prevailed in this state of charging by the quarter, and I do not recollect any instance of its having been contested. The custom is a reasonable one and ought to fee supported.
The motion must therefore be dismissed.
Mott, Colcock, and Johnson, Justices, concurred*.