1 Hall 560 | The Superior Court of New York City | 1829
The defendants admit all the principles upon which the plaintiff’s claim rests, and confine their defence exclusively to the items of injury, and the amount of the loss. There cannot, therefore, be any questions of law involved in the controversy, and the duty of the referees will be confined entirely to the questions of fact presented by the account of loss. As the injury sustained by the plaintiff extends to a great variety of items, the amount and extent of his loss can be much more conveniently ascertained by referees than by a jury.
Motion granted,
[E. Burr, Att’y for the plff. P. A. Cowdry, Att’y for the defts.]