Hooker, Corser & Mitchell Co. v. Hooker
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal in Chancery, Windham County, April Term, 1915. This case has been once before in the Supreme Court, 88 Yt. 335, when the decree below for the plaintiffs was affirmed and cause remanded for the assessment of damages. Heard on a special master’s report assessing the damages, Butler, Chancellor. Decree for plaintiffs. Defendant appealed. The opinion states the ease.
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
This case was before us as reported in 88 Vt. 335, 92 Atl. 443, on the question of defendants’ liability, and it was remanded with mandate directing the assessment of damages. The 'facts there stated need not be repeated in this connection. The case being thus back in the court of chancery, the defendants petitioned the court, under the provisions of section 1317 of the Public Statutes, for leave to amend their joint and several answer, and for a further hearing on the question of liability. On hearing, the petition was denied by the chancellor as a matter of discretion. To this defendants…
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