Case Name: William Deering vs. Patrick McCarthy
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1886-12-29
Citations: 36 Minn. 302
Docket Number: 
Parties: William Deering vs. Patrick McCarthy.
Judges: 
Reporter: Minnesota Reports
Volume: 36
Pages: 302–302

Head Matter:
William Deering vs. Patrick McCarthy.
December 29, 1886.
Discretion of Court — Order for Amendment on Terms — Waiver of Objection. — Leave to amend his answer was granted to defendant upon condition that he stipulate to try the action before a referee. Held, that a subsequent stipulation by defendant for the appointment of the referee is a waiver of any right which he might have had to demanda jury trial, or to object to the imposing of the condition as an abuse of judicial discretion.
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Stevens county, Brown, J., presiding, refusing a new trial.
Brown <& Chew, for appellant.
Spooner é Spooner, for respondent.

Opinion:
Berry, J.
When this cause was called for trial, the defendant, upon an intimation of the district court that his answer was insufficient, asked leave to amend, which was granted upon condition that he stipulate to try the cause before a referee if plaintiff desired. Defendant excepted to this condition, but afterwards amended his answer, and entered into a stipulation for the appointment of W. C. Bieknell as referee to "hear, try, and determine the action." This appeal is from an order denying defendant's motion to set aside the referee's report, and for a new trial. Conceding, in defendant's favor, that the case was one in which he was entitled to a jury trial, and that the imposing of the condition was an abuse of judicial discretion, the stipulation is a clear waiver by him of any right to object in the premises. If he desired and intended to stand upon what he now claims to have been his right to a jury trial, and to a review of the action of the court in imposing the condition, he should not have executed a stipulation by which he must, in contemplation of law, be taken to have voluntarily submitted to the condition prescribed.
Order affirmed.