Palmetto Bank & Trust Co. v. Grimsley

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Coti-iran.

This is an appeal from an order of his Honor, Judge Dennis, referring the case (which is an action to foreclose a mortgage, to which the defendant set up the defense of fraud, deceit, and misrepresentations) to J. M. Lynch, Esq., as special referee “to take the testimony in the above-entitled cause of action, and to report the same to the Court within 30 days of the taking of same, the said referee hereby ap pointed to in no way pass upon the admissibility of testimony nor to report any conclusions of fact or law.”

The defendant…