Dain & Dill, Inc. v. Betterton

—'Appeal by Daniel L. Betterton and Betterton Homes, Inc., parties in these consolidated actions, from an order of the Supreme Court, Putnam County, dated February 28, 1972, which, upon said court’s own motion at a pretrial conference, (1) severed Action No. 3, the fourth-party action in Action No. 2 and a counterclaim and the third-party action in Action No. 4, (2) referred the remaining actions to a Referee to hear and report and (3) adjourned the severed matters. Order reversed, on the law and in the exercise of discretion, without costs, and case remanded to the trial court for joint…