Gaffy v. Hartford Bridge Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit upon an award; brought to the Court of Common Pleas of Hartford County, and tried to the court on the general issue before Briscoe, J. Pacts found and judgment rendered for the defendants, and motion in error by the plaintiff. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
This action is assumpsit on a submission and award. The submission was in writing, referring the matter in dispute to two referees, with power, in case of disagreement, to appoint a third. They heard the parties in March, 1873, and did not agree upon an award. In February, 1874, they appointed a third person, who, without notice to the defendants, and without their knowledge, after conferring . with the other arbitrators, published an award as sole ai’bitrator. The Court of Common Pleas rendered judgment for the defendants, and the plaintiff brings the record before this court by a motion in…
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