O'Dell v. O'Dell

John A. Fogleman, Justice.

The question involved in this appeal is whether a letter written by the chancellor constituted a decree, so that the court could not change the terms thereof after the expiration of the term during which the letter was written. The chancellor, Judge George Eldridge, heard this divorce proceeding, the third in a series involving the same parties, on July 5, 1968. On the following day he directed the following letter to the attorneys then representing the respective parties:

“In connection with the testimony heard this date in the above cause, the Court makes the…