Smith v. Moore

1. By the terms of Code § 10-301 all exceptions to an auditor’s report “shall clearly and distinctly specify the errors complained of”; and, where in an action at law, exceptions, of law and fact to an auditor’s findings and rulings, recite that the findings and rulings as "set forth in Paragraphs [giving the numbers]” of the rulings and findings upon the law and the issues of fact in the auditor’s report are excepted to on the ground that these rulings and findings are contraiy to the evidence, and that certain evidence was improperly excluded, but recite none of the evidence necessary to a…