White Water Valley Canal Co. v. Henderson

This was an action of debt brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error.

The declaration alleges that differences having arisen between the parties relative to certain lands and materials taken by the canal company for the construction of their canal, the plaintiff, on the 6th of February, 1845, selected one Hyatt as an arbitrator on his part, and the defendant selected one Clements, and those two selected one Masters as the third arbitrator, for the purpose of arbitrating said differences, pursuant to the act of incorporation of 1842 (1); that said arbitrators, on said day…