26 Me. 119 | Me. | 1846
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It appears from the bill of exceptions, that this action had been referred in the District Court; that the referees made a report at the term of that Court holden in this county, in the month of April, 184Í, which was accepted; that an appeal from a decision of the clerk, respecting costs, was made. It does not appear, that any decision was made thereon, by the Judge, or that any final judgment was entered. On motion of the counsel for the defendant in review, an order was made at the next term, that the action should be brought forward from the docket of the last term ; that the acceptance of the report should be stricken off; and that the report should be recommitted to the referees. A report was again made at a term of that Court holden in the month of August, 1842. The action was continued from term to term, to the term holden •in the' month of December, 1843, when the last report was accepted. To these proceedings the counsel for the plaintiffs in review objected.
Questions arising at the term of the Court, at which the exceptions are taken, can alone be presented. The regularity of the proceedings at the term of the Court holden in August, 1841, cannot properly be presented by a bill of exceptions allowed at the term holden in December, 1843. The counsel for the plaintiffs in review, insists, however, that the report could not be legally accepted at the December term, in 1843_,
'Exceptions overruled.