Johns v. Security Insurance

1. The award in this ease is -not a statutory one, as contended by counsel for the plaintiff in error. The fire-insurance policy sued on provided that if, upon loss, the parties could not agree to the amount thereof, they could enter into an agreement to submit the same to appraisers. This “agreement for submission to appraisers” provided that 'two appraisers should be appointed, one by the insured and the other by the insurer, and that they should select an umpire, who should act in ease the appraisers disagreed as to the amount of loss. The agreement that the appraisement provided for…