Gordon v. Pettey

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

These cases involving as they do mainly questions of fact and requiring for correct determination a knowledge of locality are peculiarly for the decision of the court of first instance. Unless we were clearly satisfied that an erroneous result has been worked out by the chancellor who heard the witnesses and is familiar with the properties involved, we would not overturn his conclusion.

We have here four bills in equity brought by two separate plaintiffs against two sets of defendants, but the, circumstances giving rise to the litigation are a whole and we will…