Ashton v. Ashton

By JUDGE THOMAS R. MONROE

This cause comes before the Court for consideration of exceptions to the Commissioner’s Report filed by Complainant and equitable distribution of property.

A Commissioner in Chancery is appointed for the purpose of assisting the Court, not to replace the Court. The Chancellor does not delegate his judicial function and it is his duty to weigh the evidence according to the correct principles of law and to arrive at its own conclusions. Hoffecker v. Hoffecker, 200 Va. 119; Higgins v. Higgins, 205 Va. 324. A Commissioner’s Report is not entitled to the great weight given…