Justice v. Mitchell

The appellant excepts to and assigns as error the instruction given to the jury on the third issue. We concede there is some merit to the exception, since the defendant James E. Mitchell could not have been in possession of the premises in question as a life tenant under' the provisions of his mother’s will prior to her death on 5 July, 1949. Even so, the facts disclosed on this record require an affirmance of the judgment entered below. An appellant will not be granted a new trial when -the error complained of is harmless and -another hearing could' be of no benefit to him. Booth v.…