Legal Opinion
House of Wines, Inc. v. Sumter
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 30, 1986No. 85-273PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Associate Judge:
Appellees sued appellant for an accounting and a money judgment for the amount due from the sale of appellees’ wines. Pursuant to appellant’s motion, the trial court referred four issues to the Auditor-Master. The Auditor-Master prepared a report and a jury trial followed. The jury awarded appellees $41,661.89 plus prejudgment interest of $20,000.00 and costs. On appeal appellant raises a number of contentions regarding the scope of the Auditor-Master’s authority under the order of reference. We hold that the order of reference was not confined, as appellant contends,…
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