Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1912

Kellas v. St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Church of Norwood

Kellas v. St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Church of Norwood
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided December 30, 1912 · Houghton
139 N.Y.S. 1128 (New York Supplement)
Kellas v. St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Church of Norwood

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Order construing the order of reference reversed, without costs to. either party, and judgment vacated, and matter remitted to the Special Term, to pass upon the report of the referee. Matter may lie brought before the special term by motion for confirmation thereof.

Dissenting Opinion

HOUGHTON, J.,

dissents, on the ground that, the order of reference having been made upon stipulation of the parties without intervention of the court, in pursuance of section 1011 of the Code of Civil Procedure, it could have been only to hear and determine. BETTS, J., dissents, and votes for affirmance of the judgment, with costs, and that the order construing the order of reference be affirmed, without costs, and the appeal from the ex parte order be dismissed, without costs.

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