George F. Lee Coal Co. v. Meeker

The motion is for a compulsory reference, on the' ground that the trial will necessarily involve-the examination of a long account and that no difficult questions of law are involved. The rule is well settled that, to justify a compulsory reference, the long account must be the immediate object of the suit or ground of defense and directly and not collaterally or incidentally involved. Importers & Traders N. Bank v. Werner, 54 App. Div. 435. The examination is not necessarily involved, if the examination of the account is dependent upon the determination of the question whether or not there…