Cutting v. Stone

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Redfield, J.

This is an action of ejectment, referred by consent of parties generally. The referee reports in favor of the plaintiff, and states the grounds of his decision, without saying, that he intended to decide the case according to the strict rules of law. It *572seems to us, therefore, that no question can be raised upon the report, in regard to any question of law decided by the referee. No rule of law is perhaps better settled than this.

This very case is a good illustration of the rule. The plaintiff’s deed defines his lot, upon the west, by a…