Brock v. Lawton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 17, Oct. T., 1904, by-defendants, from order of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1903, No. 991, making absolute rule for judgment, for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense, in case of Lem S. Brock v. C. B. Lawton, alias Charles B. Lawton and W. B. Lawton, alias William B. Lawton. Assumpsit on an award of arbitrators. Rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 17, Oct. T., 1904, by-defendants, from order of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1903, No. 991, making absolute rule for judgment, for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense, in case of Lem S. Brock v. C. B. Lawton, alias Charles B. Lawton and W. B. Lawton, alias William B. Lawton. Assumpsit on an award of arbitrators. Rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was the order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Mestbezat,
By an agreement in writing, dated July 31, 1903, between the plaintiff of the first part and Charles B. Lawton and William B. Lawton, the defendants, and the Commercial Building Company (formerly the Lawton Mortgage Company) and the Mortgage Banking Company of the second part, the parties submitted certain differences between them to three arbitrators, named in the agreement, whose award was to be final and conclusive, each party waiving the right to appeal therefrom. These differences are stated in a recital clause of the reference agreement as follows : “…
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