Meloy v. Imperial Land Co.

A controversy having arisen between the co-partnership of Miller and. Meloy (under whom plaintiff claims as assignee) and the defendant Imperial Land Company, an agreement was entered into for the submission of such controversy to arbitration. This action was instituted to recover the sums of $76-7.50 and $2,667.50, alleged to have been found by the arbitrators to be due from the defendant. A second count, based on the same cause of action embodied in the arbitration, was dismissed upon motion of the plaintiff.

The agreement for arbitration did not comply with the terms of section 1283 of the…