Mizell v. . Simmons

This is a petition to rehear and reverse the judgment rendered in this court in the case of Mizell v. Simmons, at its June term, 1878, and reported in 79 N. C., 182.

In the case of Watson v. Dodd, 72 N. C., 240, which, like this, was a petition to rehear, Chief Justice PeaesoN in delivering the opinion of the court said : “ The weightiest considerations make it the duty of the court to adhere to their decisions. No case ought to be reversed upon petition to rehear unless it was decided hastily and some material point ivas overlooked, or some direct authority was not called to the attention of…