Lockwood v. Lockwood

We have frequently said in chancery cases that the trial judge has the advantage we *125do not possess of seeing and hearing the witnesses and that his conclusions on the facts are always helpful in our solution of them. We have examined this record having this rule in mind and are constrained to reach a different conclusion than did the circuit judge. As we hear chancery cases de novo, this court is the ultimate trier of the facts in equity cases, and while we are aided by the findings of the trial judge, we are not controlled by them. In the instant case we are satisfied the facts are as…