In re the Estate of Roessler

Wingate, S.

The opposition of the respondents to the confirmation of the report of the learned referee, Oscar A. Lewis, Esq., *307exhibits a misconception respecting practice in Surrogates’ Courts which requires a word of comment for purposes of preliminary clarification. Each of the four objections interposed is “ to the referee’s finding and conclusion ” in respect of a stated point.

Unlike the practice in courts of general jurisdiction, the reports of referees in the Surrogates’ Courts have never been required to contain either findings of fact or conclusions of law. (Matter of Carpenter, 178…