23 N.Y.S. 85 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1893
We concur with the counsel for the appellant that references under section 1015
Thiss section provides: “The court may likewise, of its own motion, or upon the application of either-party, without the consent of the other, direct a reference to take an account and report to the court thereon, either with or without, the testimony, after interlocutory or final judgment, or where it is necessary to do so, for the information of the court; -and also to determine and report upon a question of fact, arising in any stage of the action, upon a motion or otherwise, except upon the pleadings.”