Ryan v. Desmond

The appellee contends that we should not look into the merits of this appeal for several reaspns. First, he says, the record shows no exceptions to the master’s report filed in the Circuit Court. We think the recital in the final decree sufficient to allow us to consider that the court before passing on the master’s report had put the objections filed with the master into the place of exceptions for the court. Secondly, appellee implies that the decree affirmatively shows that other evidence than that returned by the master was heard, thus bringing the case under the authority of Dewar v.…