Le Barron v. Harriott
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR, Error to Crawford county. James Marriott and William McOrady of the one part, and William Le Barron of the other part, entered into an article of agreement, by which the party of the first part were bound to deliver to the party of the second part a certain quantity of timber, at specified prices.
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IN ERROR, Error to Crawford county. James Marriott and William McOrady of the one part, and William Le Barron of the other part, entered into an article of agreement, by which the party of the first part were bound to deliver to the party of the second part a certain quantity of timber, at specified prices. The party of the first part, together with John Bennett as their security, gave a bond to the plaintiff, in the penalty of $3,000, conditioned for the faithful performance of their contract. This suit was brought upon that bond. The defendant craved oyer of the bond and condition, which,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Huston, J.
I had supposed, the extent of the authority of arbitrators, in a case submitted to them, was pretty plainly expressed in the act of assembly, and long settled by decision.
The power of courts and juries in cases of mutual accounts or? bargains, under the act of 1715, was well settled. The act of 20th March, 1810, gave the parties a power of entering their determination to have arbitrators chosen in'any civil suit or action,&c. and no lawyer ever seriously thought, and no< court have ever decided, that the powers of the arbitrators were less…
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