Court Opinion

ID: 9826046
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 15:16:31.599147+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:14:44.907615
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Mr. Justice; Cothran.
4 5 I concur in this judgment, but think that the exceptions raising the question of the propriety of referring the case should be overruled, not upon the ground stated in the leading opinion: “This action is not an action on an account or judgment, but an action for accounting between principal and confidential agent,” for the complaint shows that it was upon a judgment of the Probate Court, but upon the ground that the defendant's answer was practically a demand and an offer for an accounting, by which to demonstrate that the judgment had been paid. The defendant cannot therefore complain if the equitable issue tendered by him, involving, as was developed, a long and intricate account, and transactions between prinpal and confidential agent or trustee, was remitted for trial to a tribunal admittedly most capable of determining it. Particularly is this true where, as it appeared here, “it would be impracticable for an ordinary jury to comprehend and decide the issues correctly.” McCabe v. Mercantile Co., 106 S. C. 25; 90 S. E. 161.