Woodin v. Phoenix

This is a certiorari to the circuit court for the county of St. Clair to revise the action of the judge in ordering his own appointment on stipulation as one of three referees, and to re-examine other proceedings following such action.

The writ was directed to the court and not to the judge, and the court records fail to show that the circuit judge and the referee, though of the same name, were the same person. The judge, however, has transmitted his personal answer, and that shows the fact of identity. But this answer is a voluntary proceeding and is not regularly a component of the return.

The…