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Bivans v. Utah Lake Land, Water & Power Co.

Utah Supreme Court

Decided August 20, 1918No. 3189PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Utah County, Fourth District; Hon. A. B. Morgan, Judge. Action by S. A. Bivans and others against the Utah Lake Land, Water & Power Company and others, wherein George 0. Churchill and others intervened.

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Appeal from the District Court of Utah County, Fourth District; Hon. A. B. Morgan, Judge. Action by S. A. Bivans and others against the Utah Lake Land, Water & Power Company and others, wherein George 0. Churchill and others intervened. From an order or decree granting motion to vacate awards of arbitrators, all plaintiffs and interveners deeming themselves prejudiced appeal, and defendants and a receiver also appeal from certain parts of the order or decree confirming the settlement made. STATEMENT OF FACTS. This action was brought in the court below by Bivans and twenty-seven other…

1Opinion of the CourtBramel, District Judge

(after stating the facts as above).

1, 2 A first question raised by respondents, which must be considered at the outset, is whether the order of the court below, vacating the award, is or is not appealable. The parties stipulated that the claims of plaintiffs and interveners for damages should by order of court be submitted to arbitration, and that such arbitration should be conducted and enforced, in all respects, as provided by chapter 40 of the Compiled Laws of Utah of 1907; and the court made such order. The stipulating parties were all the parties in court. They in the aggregate were the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. East Line & Red River Railroad v. ScottTexas Supreme Court · 1888
  2. North Point Consolidated Irrigation Co. v. Utah & Salt Lake Canal Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1896
  3. Winnovich v. EmeryUtah Supreme Court · 1908
  4. Payne v. MetzTexas Supreme Court · 1855
  5. Black v. RogersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1882

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