Gray v. . Barton

The judgment cannot be reversed upon the ground of a compromise between the parties. There was some evidence tending to show that the defendant doubted the correctness of the account rendered by the plaintiff, and that, for the purpose of satisfying himself, asked to examine his books; and some tending to show that he denied the authority of his wife, by whom the goods had been purchased from the plaintiff, to purchase them upon his credit; but the referee having given judgment for the plaintiff, this court cannot assume that either of these facts was found by him. Besides, the evidence does…