Coats v. Kiger

Kiger brought an action against Caleb Coats, Morgan A. Chesnut, and Benjamin Thompson, upon an arbitration bond. The bond is in the penalty of 500 dollars, conditioned to abide and perform the award or umpirage of Solomon Fortner and Hiram Jones, to whose award and determination said Kiger and Coats had, at the date of the bond, by their agreement in writing, agreed to *180submit all matters of difference between them in relation to the purchase and sale of hogs, and that such submission be made a rule of the Howard Circuit Court.

The submission is as follows:

“ We, Abraham, Kiger and Caleb Coats,…