Riddell v. Mullan

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Bernardino County.

The allegations of the amended complaint, with respect to the order of reference, were as follows: “That on the fourteenth day of June, 1886, the surveyor-general of the state of California referred the contest arising under the various applications to purchase said land to the superior court in and for the county of San Bernardino, state of California, for adjudication and determination; that the order of the surveyor-general, referring said contest to said last-named court, was on the fourteenth day of June, 1886, filed with the clerk of said superior court last named, and the said plaintiff makes profert of said order of reference of said surveyor-general.” The further facts are stated in the opinion.