Greenawalt v. Hamilton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error.to the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County. Assumpsit by A. C. Hamilton against Abraham Greenawalt. The facts, as they appeared from the record of the court below, were as follows : The case was on the trial list in February term, 1879. On February 17, 1879, by consent in open court, all matters at variance between the parties were referred to the arbitrament of John Armstrong, whose award was to bé final, without exception or appeal.
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Error.to the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County. Assumpsit by A. C. Hamilton against Abraham Greenawalt. The facts, as they appeared from the record of the court below, were as follows : The case was on the trial list in February term, 1879. On February 17, 1879, by consent in open court, all matters at variance between the parties were referred to the arbitrament of John Armstrong, whose award was to bé final, without exception or appeal. On July 30, 1880, H. B. Kuhns, on motion, and by agreement of counsel, was appointed arbitrator with Armstrong. On August 21, 1880, the…
1Opinion of the Court
the opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sterkett, J.:
The single question presented by this record is whether the learned judge erred in sustaining the demurrer to defendant’s special plea, wherein it is averred that “by consent in open court, all matters at variance between the parties in this case,” were referred to the arbitrament of John Armstrong and II. B. Kuhns, esquires, “whose award shall be final and conclusive, without exception or appeal; and that afterwards the said arbitrators, having given clue notice of their meeting in pursuance of the aforesaid submission, and having heard…
2Cited by1 opinion
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