Salem Traction Co. v. Anson
Oregon Supreme Court
From Marion: George H. Burnett, Judge. Action of trover by tbe Salem Light & Traction Co. against F. B. Anson, wherein plaintiff had judgment. A motion to dismiss the appeal was overruled, and the case heard on its merits. On Motion to Dismiss the Appeal.
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From Marion: George H. Burnett, Judge. Action of trover by tbe Salem Light & Traction Co. against F. B. Anson, wherein plaintiff had judgment. A motion to dismiss the appeal was overruled, and the case heard on its merits. On Motion to Dismiss the Appeal. Per Curiam. 1. It is stated in the notice of appeal that the judgment appealed from was rendered on the 18th day of June, 1901, whereas it was actually rendered on the 8th of that month, and it is so stated in the undertaking on appeal. The judgment is otherwise properly described in the notice. The contention is that the appeal should be…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
2. It is first insisted that the court erred in referring the case to a referee. The statute provides that the court may, upon the application of either party, or upon its own motion, direct a reference “when the trial of an issue of fact shall require the examination of a long account on either side”: Hill’s Ann. Laws, § 222, subd. 1. This provision of the statute is not an infringement of the constitutional right to a trial by jury (Tribou v. Strowbridge, 7 Or. 156; Trummer v. Konrad, 32 Or. 54, 51 Pac. 447); nor is any distinction made between an action on *567contract and one of tort, but…
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