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<br />'\; <br /> <br /> <br />0' <br /> <br />Ii <br /> <br />I: I' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />,I:I! 1!] <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I <br />1..- <br />/-r <br />I <br />I <br />r <br /> <br />, <br />findilng <br />of coun <br /> <br />prior to having heard the evidence and arguments <br /> <br />el. In order to be consistent, we hold this section <br /> <br /> <br />ns that, where conditional decrees have previously <br /> <br />beenJen ered, the referee must comply with the'statute <br /> <br />befo ,e 'is suggested form of ~ecree may alter such conditional <br />. I ' <br />decrees. <br />I <br />, I <br />procje <br />ref ere <br />I. <br />ing W~ <br /> <br />A mere revi~~ of the transcript of the prior <br /> <br />Cf. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Jackson Ditch Co., 126 Colo. 464, <br /> <br />in the district court is insufficient. <br /> <br />A <br /> <br />fact finder. <br /> <br />Any finding made without comply- <br /> <br />statute is subject to attack on that ground. <br /> <br />251 P d 937 (1952). <br /> <br />,J' <br />, . I <br />as wel as the manner in which they are obtained--:-are <br /> <br />immabe .ial. Any defec~s, they argue, can be cured by the <br /> <br />distli t court. Such an argument, however, conflicts with <br /> <br />the ~u pose of a referee and the adjudication procedure. <br /> <br />A'rJfe ee, like a master, is an aid to the court, C.R.S. <br />I ' <br />. I <br />196J3,48-9-4; C,R.C.P. 53. The findings of the referee, <br /> <br />tho gh'not absolutely binding on the court, clearly guide <br /> <br />Appellee contends, however, that since a district <br /> <br />y make its own.conclusions, the referee's findings--, <br /> <br />the uiry and affect the result, To say, the referee 's <br /> <br /> <br />faijUr <br />defeat. <br />, <br />I <br />. I <br />makes <br /> <br />to comply with the statute is immaterial is to <br /> <br />purpose of utilizing the referee and in effect <br /> <br />a substitute for the judge. <br /> <br />Had a petition for rehearing been filed before <br /> <br /> 144S . . <br /> -5- 980 <br /> I <br /> to. ~ -" <br /> I <br />iI li.l ';~JIL ., LI <br /> I" <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />:1 <br />! <br />