The appellee filed a bill against the appellants for the foreclosure of a mortgage. An answer was filed by J. E. Davis and L. M. Davis, the principal defendants, who are allеged to have executed the’ mortgage sought to be fоreclosed, in which they undertake to meet the equities of the bill, and J. E. Davis, Jr., an infant under the age of twenty-one years, who was also a defendant, by his guardian ad litem .filed the customary answеr in such cases. A replication was filed to these answеrs and an order was made by the court referring the causе to a special master to take the evidence therein and also to make his finding of facts. Voluminous evidence was taken by such special master, who duly reportеd the same, together with his’ finding of facts, the latter being to the еffect that the material allegations of the bill had beеn sustained. A final decree was rendered based upon thе pleadings and evidence and findings as reported by such special master in favor of the complainant, in aсcordance with the prayers of his bill. The defendants entered their appeal from this decree,, assigning five errоrs, all of which are expressly abandoned exceрt the last two, .the defendants stating in their brief that they “only desire this hоnorable court to review the merits of the case.” Thеse two assignments so presented to us for consideratiоn are that the court erred in rendering the final decree and also in denying the petition for a rehearing.
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