Oregon Supreme Court July 28, 1902 (Salem Traction Co. v. Anson)

Mr. Justice Bean,

after stating the facts, delivered the opinion of the court.

2. It is first insisted that the court erred in referring the case to a referee. The statute provides that the court may, upon the application of either party, or upon its own motion, direct a reference “when the trial of an issue of fact shall require the examination of a long account on either side”: Hill’s Ann.