Goldberger v. Manhattan Railway Co.
The Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo
Appeal from special term. Action by Henry Goldberger and others against the Manhattan Railway Company. Referees were appointed to try the issues, and plaintiffs moved for the removal of one of them. From an order denying the motion, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMcADAM, J.
The person sought to be removed is one of three referees appointed by the court, upon consent of the parties to the action, to hear, try, and determine the issues therein. The referee is a respectable member of the bar. Ho charge or insinuation has been made against his general character or ability. The removal is demanded because, in certain proceedings by other parties against the defendant, he received from them his per diem compensation as referee at the end of each month, and next because he brought an action against one Hirsch to recover his fees as referee in an action prosecuted by…
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