Ross v. Watt
Illinois Supreme Court
This was a proceeding by motion in the Circuit Court of Scott County, Woodson, Judge, presiding, at April term, 1854, for judgment on an award. The substance of the submission is recited in the opinion, as also the substance of the award.
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This was a proceeding by motion in the Circuit Court of Scott County, Woodson, Judge, presiding, at April term, 1854, for judgment on an award. The substance of the submission is recited in the opinion, as also the substance of the award. Ross and Hammond by tlicir counsel moved the court to modify, or correct, or set aside and vacate the said award, because it exceeded and exceeds the terms of the submission; in support of this motion, the comisel filed the affidavit of Emmons Benedict, one of the arbitrators, stating that he with his co-arbitrators met under the submission, when the…
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, C. J.
The principal question in this case is, whether the arbitrators exceeded the terms of the submission. This depends upon the construction to be given to the instrument of submission. It is in these words; “ Whereas the undersigned, William N. Ross and Aaron Hammond, as partners, have a note and open account against the undersigned, James Watt, on which the said Ross & Hammond claim that there is a balance due them, amounting to the sum of ^486,05; and the said Watt denies that so much is due, by reason of certain deductions and damages that he claims to be justly applicable to said account.…
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