Case Name: The Neil House Co. v. Shafer, d. b. a. Richard H. Shafer Co.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1929-06-12
Citations: 121 Ohio St. 605
Docket Number: No. 21286
Parties: The Neil House Co. v. Shafer, d. b. a. Richard H. Shafer Co.
Judges: Marshall, C. J., Kinkade, Robinson, Matthias and Allen, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 121
Pages: 605–606

Head Matter:
The Neil House Co. v. Shafer, d. b. a. Richard H. Shafer Co.
(No. 21286
Decided June 12, 1929.)
Mr. Smith W. Bennett, Mr. Charles J. Pretzmm, Mr. James M. Butler and Mr. Claude J. Bartlett, for plaintiff in error.
Mr. W. H. Jones, Mr. C. A. McCleary and Messrs. Henderson é Durbin, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
It is ordered and adjudged that the judgment of the said Court of Appeals and that of the court of common pleas be, and the same are hereby reversed for the reason that the action was one at law and was not referable at common law and is not referable by statute except upon consent of the parties. There was no consent of the parties to refer the case to a referee, but only a consent to refer the ease to a master commissioner. The consent to refer to a master commissioner being only a consent to a limited reference, cannot be enlarged by the court into a general reference.
Judgment reversed.
Marshall, C. J., Kinkade, Robinson, Matthias and Allen, JJ., concur.