Case Name: The Oberlin National Bank, Appellee, v. A. J. Simpson et ux., Appellants, and Leon Broquet, Appellee
Court: Kansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Kansas
Decision Date: 1912-05-11
Citations: 87 Kan. 121
Docket Number: No. 17,620
Parties: The Oberlin National Bank, Appellee, v. A. J. Simpson et ux., Appellants, and Leon Broquet, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kansas Reports
Volume: 87
Pages: 121–122

Head Matter:
The Oberlin National Bank, Appellee, v. A. J. Simpson et ux., Appellants, and Leon Broquet, Appellee.
No. 17,620.
HEADNOTE BY THE REPORTER.
Accounting — Referee-—Evidence—-¡Findings. Upon examination of the record it is held that the questions of fact in is’sue-appear to have been fairly determined by the referee on competent evidence and 'that no abuse of the discretion of- the-referee on the hearing is shown.
Appeal from Decatur district court.
Opinion filed May 11, 1912.
Affirmed.
J. P. Noble, for the appellants.
A. C. T. Geiger, and L. M. Parker, for the appellees.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
This case involved an accounting between thé plaintiff and defendants concerning transactions extending over a period of about five years. A trial was had before a referee, whose report was approved by the trial court and became the basis of the judgment from which the defendants appeal. The appellants contend that the finding of the referee was not: supported by the evidence. The principal matters of controversy are whether certain notes represented the same or different indebtedness, and whether the bank was the real party in interest in transactions had in the name of individuals. These we regard as fair questions for the determination of the referee under all the evidence. Complaint is made of the refusal of the referee to allow sufficient time for the examination of the bank's books by an expert, who stated that it would take a week or ten days. This was a matter in which the referee was required to exercise his judgment, and we think no abuse of discretion was shown.
The judgment is affirmed.