Elsworth v. Elsworth

The parties having stipulated in writing that this ease may be decided by a court of four justices, the decision is as follows: Order denying motion to confirm referee’s report reversed upon the law and the facts, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and motion to confirm granted, with ten dollars costs. The learned Special Term based its decision upon the theory that the testimony of the detectives was insufficient, in and of itself, to support the conclusion reached by the referee, but we are of the opinion that upon this record there was sufficient corroboration to justify the…