Tri-State Transportation Co. v. Stearns Bros.

It was agreed that the report of the arbitrators should be the final judgment of the court and binding on all parties to the litigation. The arbitrators awarded the plaintiff a given sum with interest “together with the costs of this action.” That they thereby intended to include in their award as a part of the costs of the action, whatever allowances should be made to the arbitrators and the fees of the stenographer, is a fairly permissible deduction from the language used. Undoubtedly, the agreement to arbitrate is broad enough to cover such allowances and fees, and it was the intention of…