Hazeltine v. Smith
Supreme Court of Vermont
This case came before the court on the report of referees. There were three causes between the same parties which had been referred to the same referees. In the present case they had reported that the defendant recover of the plaintiff the sum of •twenty nine dollars and seventy eight cents damages.
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This case came before the court on the report of referees. There were three causes between the same parties which had been referred to the same referees. In the present case they had reported that the defendant recover of the plaintiff the sum of •twenty nine dollars and seventy eight cents damages. After they had drawn up the report and given it to the attorney of the defendant, they discovered they had committed a mistake in computation, and before the setting of the court to which the report was returnable,they made an additional report, as follows : “That “ on further reflection on the…
1Opinion of the Court
After argument,
Williams, J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court. — It appears that this cause, together with others between the same parties, was by the county court referred to referees, who having met and heard the parties, made their report for the defendant, Smith, to recover of the plaintiff twenty nine dollars seventy eight cents; and gave their report to the defendant’s attorney to carry up to court for acceptance. Before the acceptance, and before the setting of the court, they discovered that a mistake had intervened in the computation of - some of the demands which had been before…
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