Giles v. Royal Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal under Pub. Sts. c. 188, § 12, from an order of the Superior Court denying a motion of the plaintiff to confirm an award of arbitrators and enter judgment thereon. Report of arbitrators transmitted to the court and opened by the clerk October 23, 1900. The plaintiff was the owner of the Winslow House, a summer hotel at Wilmot Flat, New Hampshire, and of its furnishings and appurtenances.
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Appeal under Pub. Sts. c. 188, § 12, from an order of the Superior Court denying a motion of the plaintiff to confirm an award of arbitrators and enter judgment thereon. Report of arbitrators transmitted to the court and opened by the clerk October 23, 1900. The plaintiff was the owner of the Winslow House, a summer hotel at Wilmot Flat, New Hampshire, and of its furnishings and appurtenances. The hotel and its contents, which were insured in thirteen insurance companies, were totally destroyed by fire on November 29, 1899. There were two agreements of submission to arbitration. The first was…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, C. J.
The plaintiff having had a loss by fire and having claims against various insurance companies, signed an agreement intended to be a reference to arbitration under Pub. Sts. c. 188, with three of the companies that had insured furniture and fixtures. A little later he signed another similar agreement with eight other companies that had insured buildings. The arbitrators made an award, single in form, upon the two submissions, the plaintiff moved for judgment, his motion was denied, and the case is here by appeal.
Notwithstanding the language in Monosiet v. Post, 4 Mass. 532, we are disposed to…
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