Steele v. Freeman

SIMPSON, Justice.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, cross-defendant, from a decree overruling his specific grounds of demurrer to a certain aspect or part of the cross bill.

Upon consideration of the cause in consultation, the members of the court were dissident to the view entertained by Mr. Justice BROWN, to whom the case was assigned, and are of the opinion that the decree of the lower court should be affirmed, rather than that the appeal should be dismissed, as expressed in the dissenting opinion.

The answer, by way of cross bill of the defendants, sought to set forth the matters on which…