Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number 11394 Attorney(S) Haynesworth Haynesworth, J.G. Leatherwood and J. S. Watkins, for appellant, cite: Party cannot avoid contract on ground of his own negligence or omission to read it: 65 S.C. 103; 115 S.C. 426; 113 S.C. 317; 26 S.C. 91; 62 S.C. 1; 124 N.W., 264; Jones, Evid., Sec. 26; 22 C.J., 143; 44 U.S., Ct. Cl., 127. Self-serving statement, oral or written, is not admissible: 22 C.J., 22; 1 Mills C. Rep., 162; 75 S.C. 342; 81 C.C.A., 311. Agreement to pay fair and reasonable price insufficiently definite: Benj., Sales., Sec. 85; 67 L.R.A., 353; 76 C.C.A., 516; L.R.A. 1917-D, 1074; 100 Am. Dec., 252; 32 L.R.A., 740; 6 R.C.L., Const., Sec. 62. Contract severable: 73 S.C. 1; 13 C.J., 563; 35 Cyc., 115. Acts constituted part performance of contract: 10 Wisc., 422; 123 Pac., 415. Formal corporate action not necessary where there is consent: 175 U.S. 40; 2 Pom. Eq. Jur., 4th Ed., Sec. 819; 3 Fletcher, Corp., Sec. 1641; 140 Pac., 956; 71 S.E., 161. Estoppel by silence: 12 S.C. 314. Messrs. Martin Blythe, for respondent, cite: Contract too incomplete, uncertain and indefinite to be enforced: 6 Pom. Eq. Jur., Secs. 764, 765; 56 S.E., 524. Contract not completed: 67 S.C. 440; 101 S.C. 170; 32 S.C. 534; 112 S.C. 162. Contention of parties that contract should be entire: 13 C.J., 562, 563, 564; 35 Cyc., 113-115. Case not taken out of Statute of Frauds: 48 S.C. 511; 27 S.C. 363; 85 S.C. 84; 29 S.C. 533; 95 S.C. 491; 106 S.C. 10; 33 S.C. 385. No part performance: 37 Cyc., 644, 645; Bail., Eq., 114. No mutuality of remedy which is essential: 36 Cyc., 621; 6 Pom. Eq. Jur., Sec. 769; 41 S.C. 349; Riley Eq., 177. Act of President not binding on corporation in absence of corporate action: 175 U.S. 40; Cook, Corp., Secs. 716, 670. See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. MAXWELL ET AL. v. STANDARD FURNITURE CO. ET AL. January 9, 1924. The opinion of the Court was delivered by MR. CHIEF JUSTICE GARY. For the reasons stated by his Honor, Special Judge C.M. Efird, his decree is affirmed.