Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York January 23, 1900 (Mapes v. Knorr)

WILLARD BARTLETT, J.

This is a motion by the plaintiff for an affirmance or dismissal of the appeal. The action is a suit to foreclose a mechanic’s lien. A reference was ordered to a Rockland county attorney, and, after several hearings before him, the defendant moved to vacate the order of reference on the ground that improper political and business relations existed between the referee *304and