Locke v. Bennett
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The facts of this case, which was argued by J. E. Field, for the defendant, and by I. Sumner, for the plaintiffs, are stated in the opinion of the court, which was read at September term, 1852, as drawn up by
1Opinion of the CourtFletcher, J.
It does not appear from the bill of exceptions in this case, what was the nature of the action ; but it must be taken for granted that it was properly referred to an auditor.
The case having been referred to an auditor, when it came on for trial in the court below the plaintiffs offered the report of the auditor in evidence. The defendant objected to its admission, because the auditor passed upon the question, whether one Ray, by whom the articles charged by the plaintiff in ac*446count, against the defendant, were procured of the plaintiff, was the authorized agent of the defendant, to make the…
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