King v. Davidson

Speer, Justice.

The plaintiff in error brought suit agáinst the defendant on a promissory note. To this action the defendant pleaded the general issue, and at the April term, 1881, a consent order was agreed on and taken, whereby all questions of law and facts in said case, were referred to the decision of a referee, and F. H. Miller, Esq., was selected as such referee, and the instructions were, “ that he return his decision or award to the (then) next October term of the court, to be entered of record, and stand as the judgment of the court in said cause.” Afterwards the order of reference…