Baxter v. Jones

HIGGINS, Justice.

The case after transfer was called for argument at an hour earlier than that previously fixed for the hearing in the Court of Appeals. Hence plaintiffs’ counsel,' through no fault of their own, were not present to participate in the argument, before this Court. In order that their rights may not be prejudiced by failure to participate in the oral argument, we have endeavored to conduct a most detailed review of their brief and of the record to the end that facts favorable to the petitioners may. not be overlooked.

The record indicates that Mrs. Pearl Boyd Baxter preferred that…