§ 4251. Actions for accounting—jury The Superior Court shall have original jurisdiction in actions for an accounting other than accountings involved in the administration of trusts under Title 14A. When the defendant in such an action brought in one of the following ways pleads in defense an answer which, if true, makes him or her […]
§ 4252. Items belonging to, tried in book account On the trial of an action founded on book account, if it appears to the court that any item or items of account or transaction between the same parties would more properly belong to an action for an accounting, the same may be tried and adjusted […]
§ 4253. Failure of defendant to appear; consequence In an action for an accounting, if a verdict is found against the defendant or if he or she does not appear, or appearing confesses that he or she ought to account, the court shall render judgment that he or she account. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. […]
§ 4254. Defense before auditor The judgment to account in the action for an accounting shall not prevent the defendant from making any defense before the auditor which he or she might have made by answer in bar to the action, if the judgment to account had not been rendered.
§ 4255. Hearing by court; auditors When judgment to account is rendered, the court may hear, examine, and adjust the accounts between the parties or may appoint one or more auditors for such purpose.
§ 4256. Hearing by auditors; report; judgment Such auditors shall hear, examine, and adjust all the accounts existing between the parties of a similar nature and in the same right, to the time of hearing, and report the same within 30 days after hearing before them is finished. Unless cause to the contrary is shown, […]
§ 4257. Actions between partners, coparceners, or tenants in common In an action for an accounting, maintained by one or more partners against the other partner or partners, to settle and adjust their partnership accounts and dealings, or by one or more coparceners or tenants in common, to settle and adjust their accounts and dealings, […]
