Blair v. Ritchie & Warden
Supreme Court of Vermont
Chancery. This cause having been heard in the Supreme Court was remanded with a mandate that a decree be entered for the orator. See this case, 72 Vt. 311. The defendants filed a motion to have the report of the master recommitted for the purposes stated in the opinion.
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Chancery. This cause having been heard in the Supreme Court was remanded with a mandate that a decree be entered for the orator. See this case, 72 Vt. 311. The defendants filed a motion to have the report of the master recommitted for the purposes stated in the opinion. On hearing, Caledonia County, June Term, 1900, Taft, Chancellor, it was considered that the court was without power to recommit in compliance with the motion, and a decree was rendered for the orator in accordance with the mandate. The defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtMunson, J.
This case was originally heard in the Court of Chancery upon the report of a master, and was heard in the Supreme Court on appeal, and was remanded with a mandate directing a decree for the orator. The defendants thereupon filed a petition in the Court of Chancery, alleging a misapprehension affecting the management of their case before the master and the subsequent discovery of further evidence, and praying that the report of the master be recommitted for further hearing and additional findings. That court held that it had no power to recommit the report, and entered a decree for the orator…
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