Elliot v. Hanson

In this case a bond for arbitration was conditioned for the performance of an award to be made on or before the 3d day of August, 1872, at ten o’clock in the forenoon. The award was not made until the afternoon of that day, and the submission and hearing were begun after that hour. Suit being brought-on the bond it was held by the court below that no recovery could be had on it for the non-performance of the award.

*158No question arises upon its legality between the parties, but only as to whether the bond covers it. We find no authority for disputing the correctness of the ruling of the circuit…