Allen's Admr. v. Allen's Admr.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal in Chancery, Rutland County, March Term, 1905, Powers,, Chancellor. Heard first on.defendant’s motion, supported by affidavits, to recommit the master’s report. Motion denied. Then heard on bill, answers, and master’s report.
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Appeal in Chancery, Rutland County, March Term, 1905, Powers,, Chancellor. Heard first on.defendant’s motion, supported by affidavits, to recommit the master’s report. Motion denied. Then heard on bill, answers, and master’s report. Decree, “That said deeds, power of attorney, and contracts described in the orator’s bill of complaint, be set aside and adjudged to be null and void, and that the personal property, mortgage notes, and other promissory notes and evidences of indebtedness, and all dioses in action described in said bill of complaint be, and the same are hereby decreed to the…
1Opinion of the CourtMiles, J.
The first ground of objection to the action of the court below, is based upon the refusal of- that court to recommit the special master’s report. This objection cannot avail the defendant, because the recommittal of the report was a matter within the discretion of the chancellor, and no abuse of that discretion appearing, this Court will not review the *183action of that court. Lovejoy v. Churchill, 29 Vt. 151; Fuller v. Wright, 10 Vt. 512-514; Morse v. Beers, 51 Vt. 359; Robinson v. Dodge, 66 Vt. 595; Pease v. Stevens, 74 Vt. 215, and cases cited; Sowles v. Sartwell, 76 Vt. 70.
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