Shipman v. Fletcher
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Alexandria city, rendered 22d September, 1884, in the cause of John J. Shipman against William Fletcher. The object of the suit was to annul an award for misconduct of arbitrators, going beyond the submission, and committing gross errors to the detriment of the complainant. The decree being adverse, he appealed to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The bill was filed to set aside an award upon the ground of mistakes and errors contained therein; that the award was in excess of the jurisdiction of the arbitrators and beyond the submission and for misbehavipr on the part of the arbitrators, in excluding the parties in interest from the presence of the arbitrators during their sittings and hearing testimony in their absence, admitting the representative of one side and excluding the other side, altogether at times, and in leaving the examination of the principal matters to the determination of experts employed to assist them, and not…
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