The proceeding under article 79 of the Civil Practice Act for the construction of an express trust decided, without testimony, on the statement of the Official Referee that counsel conceded there were no factual questions involved and only questions of law. The decision went dehors the record by including extraneous facts. The practice was further indulged in by some of the parties in their briefs before this court. Prior to August 25, 1955, Thomas J. Watson transferred to...
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