Case Name: JAMES TRYON, Respondent, v. DECATUR STRATTON and L. B. VAIL, Appellants
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1856-01-22
Citations: 1 Cal. Unrep. 14
Docket Number: No. 924
Parties: JAMES TRYON, Respondent, v. DECATUR STRATTON and L. B. VAIL, Appellants.
Judges: I concur: Tleydenfeldt, J.
Reporter: California Unreported Cases
Volume: 1
Pages: 14–14

Head Matter:
JAMES TRYON, Respondent, v. DECATUR STRATTON and L. B. VAIL, Appellants.
No. 924;
January 22, 1856.
Reference. — A Referee must, in His Report, state tlie facts found and the conclusions of law.
APPEAL from Eleventh Judicial District, Yolo County.
Cross & Thompson for respondent; Reed & Aukeny for appellants.

Opinion:
TERRY. J.
— The report of the referee in this case does not state the facts found by him. In the case of Lambert v. Smith & McGHlrey, 3 Cal. 408, the court held "that" the report of a referee like the finding of a court should state the facts found and the conclusions of law. Without this the parties would be remediless and their rights concluded in many cases by the arbitrary decision of a referee.
The judgment of the court below is reversed and the cause remanded.
I concur: Tleydenfeldt, J.