Skinner v. Conant
Supreme Court of Vermont
Said Conant commenced his action on book account against Skinner and Bulkely, before a justice of the peace, and the action was appealed to the county court, and there committed to auditors, who made their report of a balance in favor of said Co-nant, which report was accepted, after a hearing upon exceptions filed by Skinner and Bulkely, and a judgement, thereon rendered by said county court at their term holden in said county, in April, 1829. With a view to reverse that…
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Said Conant commenced his action on book account against Skinner and Bulkely, before a justice of the peace, and the action was appealed to the county court, and there committed to auditors, who made their report of a balance in favor of said Co-nant, which report was accepted, after a hearing upon exceptions filed by Skinner and Bulkely, and a judgement, thereon rendered by said county court at their term holden in said county, in April, 1829. With a view to reverse that judgement this writ of error was brought. The principal facts reported by the auditors, together with the accounts of the…
1Opinion of the CourtHutchinson, J.
delivered the opinion of the Court. — On inspection of the record in this writ of error, we find the same pro*455tracted to an unreasonable length, by a totally useless detail of testimony. The county court would have done well to have required the auditors to amend their report, before acceptance, by expunging all the details, and retaining nothing but the copies of the accounts exhibited, and the facts they found proved with regard to each item, nearly in the form of a special verdict, adding which items they allow, and which they disallow. There is no necessity of their reciting upon what…
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