Jeans v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.

The entry of the adjournment is very informal, and only indirect at most; but it answered the purpose of notice to the defendant, who was present when the referees were appointed and summoned. The justice says they were appointed and summoned far Saturday next, the 18th inst. This appears to be the mode which this justice uses in stating the day at which the cause is to be taken up. His summons is issued, “March 1st to 11th.” The essential object of requiring stated adjournments is notice. Here the defendant had notice; and it will not do for us to hold these justices to too strict a rule, or we shall not be able to sustain any of their judgments. On the whole, we incline to sustain this record as a substantial, though very informal, compliance with the law.

Judgment affirmed.