Robinson v. Bickley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal in Equity from the Common Pleas of Philadelphia. This was a hill in equity, by John Robinson against Lloyd W. Bickley, for the specific performance of an award. The answer of the defendant alleged that the paper purporting to be an award, recited in the complainant’s bill, was illegally made, and that he had previously executed and served a revocation of the submission. The complainant filed a general replication.
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Appeal in Equity from the Common Pleas of Philadelphia. This was a hill in equity, by John Robinson against Lloyd W. Bickley, for the specific performance of an award. The answer of the defendant alleged that the paper purporting to be an award, recited in the complainant’s bill, was illegally made, and that he had previously executed and served a revocation of the submission. The complainant filed a general replication. The following facts appeared from the master’s report: — That on the 23d June 1848, Robinson executed and delivered to Bickley, a bond and mortgage for $5000, on a house and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Lowrie, C. J.
— All the principles and all the essential facts of this case may be stated in a few plain propositions.
1. A submission of a matter in controversy to arbitrators is an agreement by the parties that the arbitrators shall, by award, define and settle their respective legal rights' and duties in relation"' thereto, and that they will respectively obey the award.
2. When an award is made pursuant to the terms of the submission, it becomes the law by which the parties are to act in relation to the subject-matter that was in dispute, and they can…
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