Chapman v. Lipscomb

Citations

• 15 S.C. 470
• 1881 S.C. LEXIS 96

Syllabus

<p>The master’s act (16 Stat. 608) does not withhold from that officer jurisdiction to hear and determine issues of law and fact in a common law action, when empowered to do so by a consent-order of reference; and the trial in the Circuit Court should be had upon his report and the exceptions taken thereto.</p>