Legal Opinion

McLaurin v. McLauchlin

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided May 5, 1914No. 1221PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of South Carolina, at Charleston; Henry A. Middleton Smith, Judge. _ _ Suit in equity by W. B. McLauchlin, as receiver of the Linson Lumber Company and as an individual, and J. W. McLauchlin against H. J. McLaurin, Jr. Decree for complainants, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

KNAPP, Circuit Judge.

The decree from which this appeal is taken sets aside the award made in an arbitration of certain differences between the parties thereto, because “the refusal of the arbitrators to hear the evidence offered by the Linson Lumber Company on the question of the amount of wastage was in violation of the rules of law governing the conduct of arbitrators.”

It appears from the record that in December, 1906, the appellant McLaurin conveyed to the McLauclilins and one, Johnson the standing timber on a tract of land near Mayesville, in Sumter county, S. C. The purchasers organized…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. The Mengel Company v. Nashville Paper Products and Specialty Workers Union, No. 513, an Unincorporated Labor Organization, and John Nelson CookCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1955
  2. Great Northern Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  3. Hyman v. Pottberg's Ex'rsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
  4. Seldner Corporation v. WR Grace & Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1938
  5. In Re Compudyne CorporationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1966

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