Case Name: ROBERT A. HOUSTON vs. BENJAMIN MELSON
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Decision Date: 1854
Citations: 5 Harr. 428
Docket Number: 
Parties: ROBERT A. HOUSTON vs. BENJAMIN MELSON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Delaware Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 428–428

Head Matter:
ROBERT A. HOUSTON vs. BENJAMIN MELSON.
There can be no trial by referees, unless the defendant has appeared.
Certiorari to Justice Russell.
Mr. Cullen, for the plaintiff in error.

Opinion:
Demand on account, for $10 00. Summons issued and returned and service verified. The defendant did not appear; and the justice allowed a trial by referees, at the request of the plaintiff. This was the exception; and upon it, the Court reversed the judgment. (Code, 342.)