Adams v. Adams

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE
CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

Sony Adams, Respondent,

v.

Nadine Adams, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2016-002462

Appeal From McCormick County
Alison Renee Lee, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-467
Submitted November 1, 2018 – Filed December 19, 2018

AFFIRMED

Clarence Rauch Wise, of Greenwood, for Appellant.

Heather Hite Stone, of Hite and Stone, of Abbeville; and
Scarlet Bell Moore, of Greenville, both for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: Earthscapes Unlimited, Inc. v. Ulbrich, 390 S.C. 609, 616, 703 S.E.2d
221, 225 (2010) ("An action based on a theory of quantum meruit sounds in
equity."); id. ("When reviewing an action in equity, an appellate court reviews the
evidence to determine facts in accordance with its own view of the preponderance
of the evidence."); Columbia Wholesale Co. v. Scudder May N.V., 312 S.C. 259,
261, 440 S.E.2d 129, 130 (1994) ("This [c]ourt has recognized quantum meruit as
an equitable doctrine to allow recovery for unjust enrichment."); Dema v. Tenet
Physician Servs.-Hilton Head, Inc., 383 S.C. 115, 123, 678 S.E.2d 430, 434 (2009)
("A party may be unjustly enriched when it has and retains benefits or money
which in justice and equity belong to another."); id. ("Unjust enrichment is an
equitable doctrine which permits the recovery of that amount the defendant has
been unjustly enriched at the expense of the plaintiff.").

AFFIRMED.1

KONDUROS, MCDONALD, and HILL, JJ., concur.

1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.