Jefferies v. Harvey

Mr. Associate Justice Fishburne

delivered the unanimous Opinion of the Court:

This appeal is from an order passed' by the lower court ordering a compulsory reference to a special referee to hear and determine all issues of law and fact.

The action was brought oh twenty-seven promissory notes, alleged to have been executed and delivered to the plaintiff by the defendant, Poole Harvey, and endorsed prior to delivery'by the defendant, B. W. Humphries. All the notes are in the same form and bear interest at the same rate, but vary as to dates of execution, amounts, and maturity dates. They coyer a…