Eisenmeyer v. Sauter
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Clinton county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity, by John Sauter against Andrew J. Eisenmeyer, to correct a mistake in the award of arbitrators. The opinion of the court states the facts of the case. The deposition of one of the arbitrators, taken before the master and reported by him, was not signed by the witness.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Clinton county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity, by John Sauter against Andrew J. Eisenmeyer, to correct a mistake in the award of arbitrators. The opinion of the court states the facts of the case. The deposition of one of the arbitrators, taken before the master and reported by him, was not signed by the witness. The court below reformed the award, and decreed payment of the sum found to be due the complainant on the same as corrected, from which decree the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Scott
This bill was to correct a mistake in an award. Complainant and defendant had been partners in the milling business. In 1869, by mutual agreement, the firm was dissolved. Bv an arrangement agreed upon, defendant was to collect all debts-due the firm, and, after discharging the liabilities of the concern, was to account to complainant for his just share. Pending an action to settle the accounts between the parties, .they referred all matters in dispute between them to the arbitrament of arbitrators mutually chosen, and thereupon the suit was dismissed.
The agreement to arbitrate was in writing,…
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