Jeffrey Wideman v. Cemetery Equity Solutions, Inc.

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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

Jeffrey Wideman, Respondent,

v.

Cemetery Equity Solutions, Inc., Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2023-000513

Appeal From Orangeburg County
James B. Jackson, Jr., Master-in-Equity

Unpublished Opinion No. 2026-UP-049
Submitted January 2, 2026 – Filed February 4, 2026

AFFIRMED

Carl David Hiller and Christina Marie Brown, both of
HHP Law Group, LLC, of Columbia; and Randall Scott
Hiller, of Greenville, all for Appellant.

Chelsea A. Glover, of Johnson Toal & Battiste, PA, of
Orangeburg; and I.S. Leevy Johnson, of Johnson Toal &
Battiste, PA, and Mark Campbell McLawhorn, both of
Columbia, all for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Cemetery Equity Solutions, Inc. (CES) appeals the
master-in-equity's order finding it breached the terms of two contracts with Jeffrey
Wideman when it failed to provide him with full compensation for services
rendered and entering judgment in favor of Wideman in the amount of $65,750.00.
On appeal, CES argues the master erred in failing to consider all of its payments to
Wideman for the entirety of the contract. We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b),
SCACR.

We hold there is evidence in the record to support the master's finding that the
dispute over payments was limited to the dates of November 3, 2017, to September
7, 2018, for maintenance services and October 7, 2017, to September 23, 2018, for
additional burial services. See McCall v. IKON, 380 S.C. 649, 658, 670 S.E.2d
695, 700 (Ct. App. 2008) ("An action for breach of contract seeking money
damages is an action at law."); 56 Leinbach Invs., LLC v. Magnolia Paradigm,
Inc., 411 S.C. 466, 471, 769 S.E.2d 242, 245 (Ct. App. 2014) ("On appeal of an
action at law, this court will affirm the master's factual findings if there is any
evidence in the record which reasonably supports them."). Wideman did not
contest that the payments made before the above dates were made properly and
CES does not allege it overpaid Wideman during that period. Accordingly,
evidence supports the master's finding that CES is not entitled to credit for
payments made prior to the disputed timeframe.

AFFIRMED.1

MCDONALD, HEWITT, and TURNER, JJ., concur.

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