Harris v. Byers

Appellants ask us to reverse two orders of the chancery court — one order refusing to set aside a decree rendered by a special chancellor and the other refusing to rehear the case.

There is no dispute as to the facts.

Byers and his wife, appellees, brought suit in circuit court against E. E. Harris and his wife who are the appellants, for possession of certain lands. Byers and wife prevailed on trial before a special judge of the chancery court, to which the case had been transferred. Harris and wife appealed to this court, asserting that the decree was not responsive to the evidence. The…