Pulliam v. Pensoneau
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Joseph Gillespie, Judge, presiding. In March, 1861, John W. Pulliam exhibited his bill in chancery, in the court below, against Narcisse Pensoneau, to set aside an award of arbitrators, for an alleged mistake. Upon the hearing in the court below, the bill was dismissed. Thereupon, the complainant sued out this writ of error. The pleadings and proof in the cause, sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
delivered the. opinion of the Court:
This was a bill filed to reform an award for an alleged mistake' of arbitrators. It alleges that the arbitrators by mistake omitted to allow complainant a credit of over five hundred dollars, to which he was entitled, which they intended and supposed they had allowed. The answer denies that any mistake was made, and insists that the amount claimed to have been omitted through mistake was unjust. Hughs, one of the arbitrators, testifies that they agreed to allow the account, but by being mislaid it was overlooked- and was not taken into the calculation or…
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