Cowley v. Dobbins
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Motion in the Superior Court to set aside an award made and returned into that court in pursuance of a submission before a justice of the peace under the Gen. Sts. c. 147, §§ 1, 2, on the ground that the arbitrators had made certain mistakes of law.
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Motion in the Superior Court to set aside an award made and returned into that court in pursuance of a submission before a justice of the peace under the Gen. Sts. c. 147, §§ 1, 2, on the ground that the arbitrators had made certain mistakes of law. The submission followed the form given in the statute, and the award, signed by the arbitrators, was as follows: “ The subscribers, appointed arbitrators by the annexed agreement of submission between Charles Cowley of Lowell and Elizabeth Dobbins, having heard the parties and their witnesses fully, both parties being present, do award and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
The plaintiff’s motion shows no grounds for setting aside the award, lío question of law having been stated by the arbitrators for the opinion of the court, nor required by the submission to be so stated, the determination of the arbitrators was conclusive upon all matters of law as well as of fact. Ellicott v. Coffin, 106 Mass. 365. Gardner v. Boston, 120 Mass. 266. Exceptions overruled,
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ellicott v. CoffinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Gardner v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
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- Bennett v. Lodgen's Market, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
- Cowley v. DobbinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881