Beard v. Hand

Black, C.

— Before the issues had been completed in this cause, which was brought by the appellee against the appellant, it was referred, upon a written agreement signed by the-attorneys of both parties, which, omitting the title of the-cause and the signatures, was as follows:

“ It is hereby agreed between the plaintiff and the defendant that this cause is hereby .submitted to the Hon. George W. Depbo, as a master commissioner, to complete the issues in said cause and to take the evidence in said cause, in vacation or term time, and report his conclusions upon the proof so taken, as, also, his…