Dunham Lumber Co. v. Holt
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Montgomery. Heard before the Hon. Jeue N. Williams.. The bill in this ca'se was filed by the appellant against the appellee, IV.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Montgomery. Heard before the Hon. Jeue N. Williams.. The bill in this ca'se was filed by the appellant against the appellee, IV. C. Holt, and averred substantially the following facts: Holt claimed that Dunham Lumber Co. owed him over two thousand dollars, and brought suit in the circuit court of Butler county, (where Dun-ham Lumber Co. had its principal place of business), and after ideas Avere filed, Holt and the Lumber Co. agreed to arbitrate their differences,' and went to Lester C. Smith, an attorney selected by both parties, to AArhom they explained…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, C. J.
This is a bill in one aspect to set aside and annul a judgment entered upon a statutory award. The grounds upon which the right to the relief prayed in this connection is rested are stated in the tenth paragraph of the bill, as follows: “That it was the agreement and intention of the complainant (the Dunham Lumber Co.) and of the said W. 0,. Holt (the respondent) to'submit every existing difference between them, equitable as well as legal, to the said hoard of arbitration, and that upon such agreement and understanding, and on account thereof, complainant agreed to submit existing differences…
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