Excerpt from Pleading and Practice in the Courts of Chancery, Vol. 2 of 2 Maturing the Cause Before the Commissioner. - The notice to be given. What it must contain. Where the parties are numerous. Publication of notice. What is reasonable notice. Effect of published notice. Statement of no tice in the report. Recommitment of reports. What is cause for reopen ing a report. Adjournments by the Commissioner. - How and when a commissioner may adjourn his proceedings. Extent to which the courts will supervise his action. The Evidence Before the Commissioner. - How depositions are taken. Ex amination of the parties. Documentary proofs. Interrogatories. Effect of answers as evidence. Cross-examinations. When affidavits may be read. Making up the Report - When instructions may be asked of the judge. Posting notices of settlement of accounts. Form of report. What papers must be copied. Statements of fact and of law. Pertinent matters. When evidence is set forth or returned. Classification of liens. Return of the Report.3 - How long the report must lie. How the ten days is counted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.