Rea v. Gibbons
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. . ERROR to the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny county. The,parties to this suit, Thomas Reaand Edward, Gibbons, on the 10th October, 1820, entered into a written agreement under their hands and seals, to refer all their accounts, contracts, bargains, and differences whatsoever, to J. S. J. ,W. J, C., or a majority, of them, with power to adjourn from day to day, and after taking into, consideration all the said accounts, contracts, and differences whatsoever, as…
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In Error. . ERROR to the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny county. The,parties to this suit, Thomas Reaand Edward, Gibbons, on the 10th October, 1820, entered into a written agreement under their hands and seals, to refer all their accounts, contracts, bargains, and differences whatsoever, to J. S. J. ,W. J, C., or a majority, of them, with power to adjourn from day to day, and after taking into, consideration all the said accounts, contracts, and differences whatsoever, as also the case then subsisting between the parties so far as the same should be laid .before them, the said-referees or…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Tilghman. C. J.
In this case, the parties entered into an agreement of reference of a very special nature. The referees were authorised, not only to decide all accounts, contracts, bargains and differences subsisting between the parties, but also to make a division of a certain personal property, and the award was to be made by the three referees ora majority of them, under, their hands and seals. Two of the referees made an award in writing, under1 their hands, but not under their seals ; and on this award judgment was entered, the agreement of…
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