Case Name: Gott vs. Owen
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1844-12
Citations: 7 Hill & Den. 155
Docket Number: 
Parties: Gott vs. Owen.
Judges: 
Reporter: Hill's Reports
Volume: 7
Pages: 155–155

Head Matter:
Gott vs. Owen.
A notice of motion to refer a cause should contain the names of three referees, and if only one be named, the motion will be denied.
A. Taber, for the plaintiff, moved for a reference.
R. J. Hilton, contra, said the notice was insufficient.
It was for a motion “ that this cause be referred to Elias W. Leavenworth of Syracuse,” without naming any other referee. t

Opinion:
By the Court,
Bronson, J.
This is a motion to refer to a sole referee, which can only be ordered with the consent of parties. (Stat. of 1836, p. 767.) The plaintiff should have moved to refer to three persons—naming them in the notice. (2 R. S. 384, § 39, 40; Bedle v. Willett, 1 Caines, 7; Lusher v. Walton, id. 150.) It is still the practice to name three referees in the notice, though on making the motion, unless the parties are agreed, each names one referee, and the court designates the third.
Motion denied.