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SCOTTISH_Shaw_Court_of_Session

Page: 684

Drummond

v.

Leslie
No. 212.

Court of Session

2d Division

Mar 11 1835

Ld. Moncreiff, Lord Justice-Clerk, Lord Medwyn.

Drummond,     Pursuer.— A. M'Neill. Leslie,     Defender.— Pyper.

Subject_Judicial Reference.—

Competent for the Court, in a cause which has been judicially referred, to decern against the one party for half of the fee to the referee which had been wholly paid by the other.

The parties in an action depending before this Court entered into a judicial reference of the cause, to which the authority of the Lord Ordinary was interponed. The referee decided in favour of the defender with expenses. When the award was reported to be applied, the defender, who had paid the fee to the referee, craved from the Lord Ordinary decree against the pursuer for his share thereof, not as falling under the award, but as a matter for which it was competent for his lordship to give decree.

Lord Moncreiff reported the point, stating his own opinion that it was competent to decern for the sum claimed.

Lord Justice-Clerk.—The judicial referee is on officer of Court, and I incline to think decree may be given for the share of the fee paid to him.

Lord Medwyn doubted of the competency; but Lords Glenlee and Meadow-bank concurring with the Lord Justice-Clerk—

The Court instructed the Lord Ordinary accordingly.

SS 13 SS 684 1835


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