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1 D. Chip. 279

Whitmore v. Rider

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided August 15, 1814

Supreme Court of Vermont · decided 1814-08-15

THIS was an action of assumjisit, originally commenced before the County Court, By a rule of that Court, the cause was, by consent of parties referred to R. Hatch, J. Dorr and N. Gere. At the time appointed for the reference, N. Gere, one of the Referees, was absent, and the parties, by an agreement in writing, substituted William Wait in the place of N. Gere.

Decided 1814-08-15

By the Court.

¶1There can be no foundation for the motion th~ fl~ing of the bill of exceptions, in this case, is a strange irregular~ty~ Whether a report of referees ought to be accepted or set aside, i~ a question wholly in the legal discretion of the Court to which it is niade; and it is not examinable elsewhere in any shape As well might the decision of a Court in granting or refusing a new trial be re-examined in another Court.

¶2But, in this case, the defendant, had, alter the bill of exceptions was filed, pleaded to the action; an issue of law w~ts joined, and the County Court rendered judgment thereon in favor of the defendant; the bill of exceptions was abandoned, and the cause stands for trial before this Court, on the pleathngs closed in the Cyunty Court, and on which that Court rendered judgment.

¶3The defendant takes nothing by this motion.

¶4The pleadings were afterwards withdrawn, by consent of parties ~ncl the general issue p'eaded.

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