Mayor of Detroit v. Jackson
Michigan Supreme Court
In error, on certiorari from Wayne Circuit Court. The record returned by the Court below, set forth an agreement between the parties to this cause, to submit certain matters in difference between them to arbitration, the award of the arbitrators, and a judgment thereupon rendered in the Court below; all of which were in pursuance of Ch. 7, Title 4, Part 3 of the Revised Statutes.
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In error, on certiorari from Wayne Circuit Court. The record returned by the Court below, set forth an agreement between the parties to this cause, to submit certain matters in difference between them to arbitration, the award of the arbitrators, and a judgment thereupon rendered in the Court below; all of which were in pursuance of Ch. 7, Title 4, Part 3 of the Revised Statutes. The agreement to submit to arbitration was, in part, as follows: “ Know all men by these presents, that the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Freemen of the City of Detroit, by Zina Pitcher, Mayor of said city, and agent…
1Opinion of the CourtFelch, J.
The statute, R. S. 531, Ch. 7, provides, that all controversies, which might be the subject of an action at law, or of a suit in equity, may be submitted to the decision of one or more arbitrators, to be appointed by agreement between the parties, in the form, and executed in the manner prescribed. It further provides, that the award of the arbitrators so appointed, being made and reported to the Court designated in the submission, may be accepted or rejected by the Court, for any legal and sufficient reason, or may be recommitted to the same arbitrators, for a rehearing by them; and that…
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