In re the Estate of Amarante

Wingate, S.

The questions here presented for decision arise upon a motion to confirm the report of the referee heretofore appointed by this court. The objections of the administrator are three in number and relate, first, to the refusal of the referee to grant an adjournment of hearing; second, to allowance of the balance of the undertaker’s bill, and third, to a recommendation that no further costs be allowed to the administrator on the accounting.

In respect to the first, it need only be noted that the mode of conduct of hearings before a referee is within the judicial discretion of such an…