Harrington v. Rich
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was assumpsit in several special counts, alleging in substance, that on the 16th day of January, A. D. 1822, Samuel Rich, since deceased, was indebted to Dustin Willard, then resident in Ohio, but since deceased, in the sum of thirty dollars ; which debt the said Willard then sold and assigned to Thomas McCloud, at the same time drawing an order on said Rich in favor of McCloud for said sum; — that said debt was further assigned by McCloud to Allen, and by Allen to the…
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This was assumpsit in several special counts, alleging in substance, that on the 16th day of January, A. D. 1822, Samuel Rich, since deceased, was indebted to Dustin Willard, then resident in Ohio, but since deceased, in the sum of thirty dollars ; which debt the said Willard then sold and assigned to Thomas McCloud, at the same time drawing an order on said Rich in favor of McCloud for said sum; — that said debt was further assigned by McCloud to Allen, and by Allen to the plaintiff, upon a full and valuable consideration paid; — that after the assignment to the plaintiff, and after the…
1Opinion of the Court
*672The opinion of the court was delivered by
Royce, J.
— Some of the questions now discussed have occasioned the court no difficulty. By the submission, the arbitrators acquired authority or jurisdiction over the subject matter submitted, which had not been revoked at the time of appointing their last session; nor had such a period elapsed as to afford any presumption that the plaintiff had abandoned his claim. As no time appears to have been limited for the arbitrators to make and publish their award, it was their duty, at the request of either party, to proceed within any reasonable time.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Leonard v. VredenburghNew York Supreme Court · 1811
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