Tucker v. . Tucker

Shepherd, J.:

It is a well settled rule that “ no case ought to be reversed upon petition to rehear unless it was decided hastily, or some material point was overlooked, or some direct authority was not called to the attention of the Court.” Watson v. Dodd, 72 N. C., 240; Gay v. Grant, 105 N. C., 478; Hudson v. Jordan, ante, 250.

The converse of the proposition is of course true, and is applicable to the present case.

On the former hearing, the argument of counsel was chiefly addressed to the following questions: (1) Whether the defendant, to whom a homestead had been allotted in lieu of dower,…