Robinson v. O'Conner

Lake, Ch. J.

According to the view we take of this case, the judgment must be reversed on the sole ground of a want of jurisdiction in the referee.

It appears that the referee was appointed at the October term', 1879, of the district court, and that on the 14th. day of said term, to-wit: on the 10th of November, 1879, the time within which he was required to make ar d file-his report, was “ by the court extended to the first day of the next term,” viz: the February term, 1880. But nothing whatever was done by the referee in the discharge of his duties under this authority until the time limited…