Stebbins v. Brown
New York Supreme Court
APPEAL, by the defendant, from an order made at a Special Term denying a motion made by Mm to set aside the report of a referee, for irregularity.
1Opinion of the Court
By Che Court, Davis, J.
This is an appeal from an order made at Special Term, by Justice Cardozo, denying a motion to set aside the report of the referee.
The report is in favor of the plaintiff. It appears that while the case was pending before the. referee, who was a practising attorney, the plaintiff employed him to *273prosecute and collect two several demands against other ■ parties, on one of which he brought suit, and the other remained in his hands unprosecuted at the time the report was made. The referee had not been the attorney or counsel of the plaintiff prior to his appointment as…
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