Gulfstream Park Racing Ass'n v. Clark

The single question presented on this appeal is the reasonableness of the fee allowed by the Chancellor below. It appears by the record that the final decree fixed the amount of the Special Master's fee at the sum of $3,000, and was taxed as costs of the suit and apportioned for payment, equally, between the parties — as all other issues appear to have been settled or adjusted by the parties litigant. A provision in the decree made the Special Master a party so that he could defend in this Court the reasonableness of the allowance.

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