LeBlanc v. Connecticut Valley Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal in Chancery, Essex’00111117. Heard at Chambers, September 11, 1909, on demurrer to the bill. Demurrer sustained, pro forma, and bill adjudged insufficient and dismissed with costs. The orator appealed.
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Appeal in Chancery, Essex’00111117. Heard at Chambers, September 11, 1909, on demurrer to the bill. Demurrer sustained, pro forma, and bill adjudged insufficient and dismissed with costs. The orator appealed. There are nine orators, and the bill alleges that they reside in the vicinity of Ottawa, in the Dominion of Canada; that on December 8, 1904,- one Robert St. George, an employment agent at said Ottawa, in behalf of defendant, there employed the orators to go to North Stratford, N. H., and work for defendant during that winter as lumbermen at so much a month; that St. George furnished…
1Opinion of the CourtMunson, J.
The report of a referee is to be accepted by the court “unless cause is shown to the contrary.” P. S. 1793. If a report is not accepted the reference may be stricken off; and when the case is finally disposed of, on a further reference or a trial in court, the party recovering is to be allowed the taxable costs of the former reference. P. S. 1795. The power to reject a report for cause shown implies the power to conduct an inquiry as to the existence of an alleged cause. When á report is objected to for matters not appearing therein, the court may determine *491the question upon evidence taken by…
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