Day v. Hooper
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On agreed statement oe eacts. This was an action of debt oil an award of arbitrators, made by virtue of a written submission entered into by tbe parties under their seals. The agreement recites that the parties "have agreed and do hereby agree to submit the matter in controversy between us, hereinafter stated, to the determination of (three referees named) and judgment rendered on their report, or that of a majority of them, shall be final.”
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On agreed statement oe eacts. This was an action of debt oil an award of arbitrators, made by virtue of a written submission entered into by tbe parties under their seals. The agreement recites that the parties "have agreed and do hereby agree to submit the matter in controversy between us, hereinafter stated, to the determination of (three referees named) and judgment rendered on their report, or that of a majority of them, shall be final.” The other material portions of the agreement are recited in the opinion of the Court, and the material parts of the award of referees, stated. The case…
1Opinion of the Court
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Appleton, O. J.
The agreement to refer, between these *180parties, recites that the plaintiff and defendant "are owners in common and undivided, the said Day of three-fifth parts and the said Hooper of two-fifth parts of a certain lot of land, being the same conveyed to them in the above proportions by deed of William P. Haines, executor of the last will and testament of Sally Mclntire; said deed bearing date April 30, 1859, — and the said Day has agreed to convey by deed of quitclaim to said Hooper the three-fifth parts of said land next adjoining the…
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