Smith v. Long

This was a bill in chancery to set aside a sale of the interest of John Smith in the estate of his grandfather, Garland Bay, deceased, and a deed made pursuant thereto, to John Long, on the ground of fraud. The circuit court, after hearing the evidence, decreed that the bill be dismissed, and this appeal is brought to reverse that decree.

Several errors are alleged in the rulings occurring during the progress of the trial, but none of them are of controlling importance.

“In chancery cases the practice is, not to reverse for erroneous rulings in the admitting or excluding of evidence, unless it…