Buchanan v. Rechner

Defendants appeal from an adverse judgment in the sum of $18,155 upon the verdict of a jury in the Circuit Court of Jackson County at Kansas City.

[1] I. The first complaint of appellants is that the court erred in overruling their application for an order of reference. The whole subject of reference is a matter of discretion. The trial court is not bound in any action at law to make a reference. [Fitzgerald v. Hayward, 50 Mo. 516; Home Exchange Bank of Jamesport v. Koch, 326 Mo. 369, 32 S.W.2d 86.] But the trial court's action is subject to review. [Creve Coeur Lake Ice Co. v. Tamm, 138 Mo.…