Broadhead v. Stack’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““ ‘The law of this State, through the years, has uniformly been that the report of a master in chancery has the effect of the verdict of a jury in the circuit court, and the chancellor could not vacate or set it aside, unless manifestly wrong as against the overwhelming weight of the evidence. Hines v. Imperial Naval Store Company, 101 Miss. 802 , 58 So. 650 ; Daniel v. Klein, 149 Miss. 135 , 115 So. 193 ; Sadler v. Glenn, 190 Miss. 112, 119 , 199 So. 305 ; Goodyear Yellow Pine Company et al. v. Anderson, 171 Miss. 530, 536 , 157 So. 700 . ( 199 Miss. 201 at 207 , 23 So.2d 906 at 907 ). See also State Highway Commission v. Wunderlich, 10 So.2d 453 (Miss.1942). We held in Hines v. Imperial Naval Store Co., 101 Miss. 802 , 58 So. 650 (1911), that the finding of a master in chancery on conflicting evidence is entitled to the same weight as the verdict of a jury. There is, however, much authority to the contrary (see 30A C.J.S. Equity § 543 b(2) [1965]; nevertheless, the report of the master is required to be submitted to the chancery court for confirmation. The chancellor may confirm, modify, reject, reverse or recommit all or a portion of the master’s report, just as a trial judge may set aside the verdict of a jury and enter a judgment notwithstanding the jury verdict. The report of the master in chancery has no efficacy until it is confirmed by the chancery court. The very purpose of appointing a master in chancery is to aid the court and, although many reasons given by the c”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 401 So. 2d 1096 - Evans v. Davis · 379 So. 2d 308 - MT Reed Const. Co. v. NICHOLAS ACOUSTICS, ETC.

2. “The report of the master on facts revealed from evidence taken before him is given great weight by the chancellor in determining the case presented for his decision. The master's decision is necessarily based upon involved accounts, credits, adjustments, values and interest, all of which must be added or subtracted, as the case may be, in order to strike a balance. ( 244 So.2d at 384 ).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 379 So. 2d 308 - MT Reed Const. Co. v. NICHOLAS ACOUSTICS, ETC.