Electric Supply & Maintenance Co. v. Conway Electric Light & Power Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract on an account annexed for $439.76 alleged to be due for services and materials furnished in the repair of an electrical machine of the defendant. Writ dated February 10,1902. In the Superior Court the case was referred to John C. Crosby, Esquire, as referee.
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Contract on an account annexed for $439.76 alleged to be due for services and materials furnished in the repair of an electrical machine of the defendant. Writ dated February 10,1902. In the Superior Court the case was referred to John C. Crosby, Esquire, as referee. The order of reference was as follows: “ The parties appear in court and agree to refer this case to the determination of John C. Crosby, Esq., who is approved by the court here, who is to notify, meet and hear the parties, and make report, &c., on or before January 1, 1908. The report of whom and the judgment of the court…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
This case is before us on the defendant’s exception to an order of the Superior Court, recommitting a report of a referee, with directions to report, disregarding certain matters which he had considered and included in his decision of the case. The original report was for the defendant; but the referee, in obedience to the order of recommittal and without hearing further evidence, made a supplemental report for the plaintiff. It appears that the judge of the Superior Court has allowed a motion for confirmation of the supplemental report and for judgment, and the case is therefore ripe for…
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