General Electric Co. v. Golden Rule Appliance Co.

This court has repeatedly held that orders of reference upon the disposition of motions are not encouraged and should be made rarely and resorted to only in exceptional cases where the interests of justice require the unraveling of complicated facts which cannot be determined upon hopelessly conflicting affidavits. (Shillman v. Toulson, 211 App. Div. 336; Slutzkin v. Gerhard & Hey, 195 App. Div. 559; Weinberger v. Metropolitan Traction Co., 63 App. Div. 240; Wamsley v. Horton & Co., 68 Hun. 549.) It does not appear that the affidavits herein were so hopelessly complicated, when considered…