Goulard v. Castillon
New York Supreme Court
This was an appeal from the judgment entered in the city court of Brooklyn on the report of referees, in a suit by the plaintiff against the defendant as his assignee. The'cause was referred, by that court, to three referees, who made a report in favor of the plaintiff, which, on the application of the defendant, was set aside by the court below, who ordered the report to be referred back to the referees for the purpose of reviewing the same.
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This was an appeal from the judgment entered in the city court of Brooklyn on the report of referees, in a suit by the plaintiff against the defendant as his assignee. The'cause was referred, by that court, to three referees, who made a report in favor of the plaintiff, which, on the application of the defendant, was set aside by the court below, who ordered the report to be referred back to the referees for the purpose of reviewing the same. The referees reviewed their former report, and made a second report in favor of the plaintiff, for more than double the amount of their first report.…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Barculo, J.
This cause was referred by the city court of Brooklyn, to three referees, who made a report in favor of the plaintiff, for §443,46. The defendant then moved, upon a case, to set aside the report; and that court sent back the report for revision and correction. The referees again met, and reviewed their report, and deducted from the plaintiff’s claim an item of §400. They also proceeded to re-examine the other *127parts of the report, to which no exception had been taken ; and they allowed to the plaintiff an item of $450, and an item of $150, making $600, which, on the…
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