Dodge v. Stickney

The act of July 20,1876 (Laws of 1876, e. 35), entitled “An act to provide for the trial of causes before referees,” superseded all previous legislation upon the subject. Section 1 provided that “the supreme court, or any justice thereof, may in term time or vacation commit to one or more referees, to be appointed by said court or justice, any cause pending in said court, or the determination of any question of fact, provided the parties shall consent,” and that “ such referees shall be paid by the county in which the cause is pending, for their services and expenses in each cause, such…