State v. Piedmont Funding Corp.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from an ancillary order of the Superior Court fixing the compensation of a master and distributing that cost equally between the parties.

On September 24, 1975, plaintiff commenced this action against defendants alleging that the latter’s practices violated the Unfair Trade Practice and Consumer Protection Act, G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) §§6-13.1-1 to 15 (Supp. 1977). Nine days later the trial justice entered an order to protect the rights of the parties during the pendency of the litigation and a master was appointed. On May 19, 1976, the Superior Court…