Legal Opinion

Gautier v. McHenry

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 4, 1897Published

Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before Hon. William H. Stewart.

1Opinion of the Court

WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon an award of arbitrators, under the provisions of the statute regulating arbitration. Sayles’ Civil Statutes, arts. 42-56.

The agreement between appellant and appellee to submit their differences to arbitration stated that such differences existed “relative to the erection and completion of a certain building,” describing it, but did not state the amount or value of the matters in controversy, except that it exceeded $200. It was filed with the Clerk of the District Court, who fixed a time for the hearing before the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. P. J. Willis & Bro. v. MorrisonTexas Supreme Court · 1875
  2. McHugh v. PeckTexas Supreme Court · 1867
  3. Owens v. WitheeTexas Supreme Court · 1848
  4. Alexander v. WitherspoonTexas Supreme Court · 1867

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