Gowen v. Pierson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 479, Jan. T., 1894, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Dee. T., 1893, No. 37, discharging a rule for judgment for want of sufficient affidavit of defence. Assumpsit on award of arbitrators. The award was as follows : “The undersigned, constituting the firm of Cope & Stewardson, architects, of the city of Philadelphia, the firm named and designated in the accompanying contract of March 28th, 1888, between Isaac K. Pierson, of Mt.
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Appeal, No. 479, Jan. T., 1894, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Dee. T., 1893, No. 37, discharging a rule for judgment for want of sufficient affidavit of defence. Assumpsit on award of arbitrators. The award was as follows : “The undersigned, constituting the firm of Cope & Stewardson, architects, of the city of Philadelphia, the firm named and designated in the accompanying contract of March 28th, 1888, between Isaac K. Pierson, of Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, carpenter and builder, of the one part, and Francis I. Gowen, of the same place, attorney at law, of the other part,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mjr. Chief Justice Sterrett,
This action is on an award of arbitrators who were chosen by the parties to this suit in the concluding clause of a building contract executed by them on March 28, 1888. Said contract, and the award made in pursuance of the arbitration clause thereof, are fully recited in plaintiff’s statement of claim. After providing for the erection of the house therein mentioned, etc., “ according to and in all respects conforming with the plans and specifications prepared by Cope & Stewardson, architects,” the contract expressly provides that any variations thereof,…
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