Harriman v. Tyndale
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Submission to arbitration under R. L. e. 194, signed by Hiram P. Harriman, Stephen Jennings, and Theodore H. Tyndale, administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of the estate of Micah Dyer, Jr., dated October 25, 1902. Hosea M. Knowlton, Esquire, was named in the submission as arbitrator. After his death the parties by agreement in writing stipulated that F. Rockwood Hall, Esquire, should be arbitrator in place of Mr. Knowlton.
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Submission to arbitration under R. L. e. 194, signed by Hiram P. Harriman, Stephen Jennings, and Theodore H. Tyndale, administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of the estate of Micah Dyer, Jr., dated October 25, 1902. Hosea M. Knowlton, Esquire, was named in the submission as arbitrator. After his death the parties by agreement in writing stipulated that F. Rockwood Hall, Esquire, should be arbitrator in place of Mr. Knowlton. The arbitrator found that the claim of the plaintiff Harriman took precedence of that of the plaintiff Jennings, and made an award that the plaintiff Harriman be…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
The parties submitted the demands of the plaintiffs against the defendant under a writing which the plaintiffs contended gave them a right to specific performance of a contract for the sale of real estate, and all other demands of either party against the other, to arbitration under the E. L. c. 194. The arbitrator made a report in favor of the plaintiffs and reserved certain questions of law for the court. Exceptions also were taken in the Superior Court. It is necessary now to consider only the questions argued by the defendant at the hearing in this court.
The contract relied on was for the…
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