Stone v. Risner
Supreme Court of Georgia
Exceptions to auditor’s report. Before Judge Reese. Hart superior court. ■ March term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.
Where the issues in an equitable proceeding for injunction, etc., were referred to an auditor, and at the hearing before him counsel for the respective parties entered into an agreement whereby all issues were eliminated, save one of fact, and evidence upon this question alone was submitted to the auditor, this did not change the character of the case or render it a common-law action, so as to require the judge of the superior court to approve and submit to a jury an exception of fact filed to the auditor’s report. On the contrary, it was his duty to deal with the case as a proceeding in…
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