Gregory v. Healy

Citations

• 61 Ill. 470

Syllabus

<p>1. Judgement—report of referee—jurisdiction. After issue, the parties to a suit by stipulation referred the cause to a referee to hear the evidence and try the case, and provided therein that judgment should be entered on his finding as on the finding of the court. The court heard no evidence, and judgment was rendered upon the mere report of the referee of a gross sum. The referee was not sworn, nor were the witnesses: Held, that as there was no proper submission according to the statute, the court had no jurisdiction to render judgment upon the report.</p>