Mellinger v. Behren

i practice • succession'of judges. The essential facts of this case, briefly stated, are as follows: The plaintiffs and defendants were copartners business. The plaintiffs commenced an action bn equity, the object of which was to procure a settlement of the partnership, and claiming that the defendant was indebted to them in a large amount. After the issues were made up the cause was referred to a referee to .hear, determine and report to the court. A protracted trial was had before the referee, and on the 9th of October, 1877, he filed his.report recommending a decree in favor of the…