Sylvest v. Stowers

MERRILL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree determining a boundary line between coterminous owners and giving effect to a purported agreement in the form of a suggested decree executed by counsel for both parties.

Appellee, Mrs. Stowers, filed a bill of complaint against appellant, Sylvest, to de termine a disputed boundary between their adjoining lands. When the case was first set for trial, the parties reached a settlement which was reduced to writing in the form of a final decree, signed by counsel for both parties and mailed by counsel for appellee to the then trial court, Judge Hugh…