Paulsen v. Paulsen

This case comes before the court on exceptions by the defendant to the order of the Presiding Justice in the Superior Court, allowing and confirming the report of the referee.

The plaintiff had commenced an action of assumpsit on an account annexed together with a money count. The defendant pleaded the general issue. The case was referred to a referee for a decision, each party reserving the right to except as to matters of law. “Reports of Referees are only open to attack on certain definite lines, and according to certain definite procedures . . . when cases are referred with the right of…