Williams v. Green

1 Cole. & Cai. Cas. 470 Court N.Y. Sup. Ct. English

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Williams v. Green.

IT was ruled that a circuit court cannot order a cause to be referred under the statute.^[1] That any award, therefore, under a rule for a reference granted at a circuit, must be set aside, but without costs, as the rule, though a nullity, is an act of the court.

* Act for the amendment of the law, 1 Rev. Laws, 346. sec. 2.