Mullins v. Wroten

The parties to this litigation own adjoining lands in Amite County, Mississippi. Mrs. Mullins, in her hill herein, asserts that an old fence is located upon, and for many years has been recognized by the owners of the lands as, the true boundary line between the two tracts. Wroten denies that and says he has recently placed a fence upon the true line. When Mrs. Mullins rested her case, the chancellor sustained Wroten’s motion to exclude the evidence Mrs. Mullins had offered and to dismiss the bill. Prom that decree, Mrs. Mullins appeals here.

In passing upon that action of the learned…