Horne v. Welsh
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 61, Oct. T., 1907, by defendant, from order of C. P. Bucks Co., Nov. T., 1906, No. 10, discharging rule to strike off award of arbitrators in case of William Horne v. James J. Walsh. Rule to strike off award of arbitrators. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 61, Oct. T., 1907, by defendant, from order of C. P. Bucks Co., Nov. T., 1906, No. 10, discharging rule to strike off award of arbitrators in case of William Horne v. James J. Walsh. Rule to strike off award of arbitrators. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was the order of the court discharging rule to strike off award. — The agreement to refer, in question, was revoked by serving a written notice upon each of the three arbitrators before the award was signed, or the nature or amount of award was determined: Dickerson v. Rorke, 30 Pa. 390; Shisler…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
On October 18, 1906, the plaintiff and defendant executed, under their respective hands and seals, an agreement in writing providing, inter alia, that an amicable action be entered in the court of common pleas of Bucks county, and that, without the filing of declaration or plea, “all matters in controversy between the above-named parties, be submitted and referred to” certain persons named as arbitrators. It fixed ¿he time and place of their meeting, provided that an award made and signed by them or a majority of them “shall be *571final, conclusive and without certiorari, writ…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dickerson v. RorkeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1858