Sharkey v. Wood

The plaintiff claims the balance of the price of a house built for the defendants. They pleaded the general issue ; and that the house was inartificially built, and not completed according to the contract; and that they had made payments to .the whole amount, to which the plaintiff was entitled ; and further, Hill denied all responsibility, having acted only as an agent. There was a verdict and judgment against them, and they appealed.

Our attention is first arrested by a bill of exceptions. The plaintiff having admitted that an award had been made without the arbitrators having been sworn,…