In re the Estate of McNamara

Wingate, S.

The questions here raised come before the court on a motion to confirm the report of a referee appointed to hear and report upon objections to the account of an administrator.

The painstaking and careful consideration discernible in the report and findings of the referee are such that, under ordinary circumstances, the court would feel under no compulsion to give the matter more than cursory attention. The violent attacks made by disappointed parties on certain of the results reached and even upon the impartiality of the referee himself are such, however, as to require a personal…