United States Projectile Co. v. Sharpless

Citations

• 115 F. 996
• 1902 U.S. App. LEXIS 4984

Syllabus

<p>Reference — Review of Findings of Referee — Construction of Stipulation.</p> <p>By stipulation of the parties to an action at law, the case was referred to a referee; the stipulation providing that his rulings on the admission or rejection of testimony and conclusions of law should be reviewable on exceptions by the court, and that his findings of fact should have the same force and effect as the verdict of a jury. Held, that the referee’s findings of fact were equivalent, under such stipulation, to a special verdict, and could not be modified by the court or reviewed, except in so far as to determine whether they were supported by any evidence. °</p>