Williams v. Perkins
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, Randolph Circuit Court. — Hon. Gr. H. Burckhartt, Judge. (1) The award rendered by the arbitrators was invalid because the arbitrators were never sworn. The arbitrators, having failed to require the witness to testify under oath, and the necessity of an oath not having been waived by the defendant, the award is a nullity, and no action can be maintained' upon it.
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Appeal from, Randolph Circuit Court. — Hon. Gr. H. Burckhartt, Judge. (1) The award rendered by the arbitrators was invalid because the arbitrators were never sworn. The arbitrators, having failed to require the witness to testify under oath, and the necessity of an oath not having been waived by the defendant, the award is a nullity, and no action can be maintained' upon it. Wolfe v. Hyatt, 76 Mo. 156 ; Bridgman v. Bridgman, 23 Mo. 272. The arbitrators should have been sworn, and if they proceed to act without being sworn, unless the parties waive such necessity, their award will be invalid.…
1Opinion of the Court
Martin, C.
This action is founded on a bond exe- *382• cuted by the defendants to insure the keeping and performance of an award of arbitrators. The bond sued ■ on reads as follows:
“Know all men by these presents: That we, C. J. Perkins, as principal, and W. H. Perkins, as securities, .do hereby acknowledge ourselves indebted to W. H. Williams, J. B. Davis, Sr., and J. B. Davis, Jr., in the sum ■ of five thousand dollars, to be levied of our goods, chattels, lands and tenements, for the payment of which we hereby bind ourselves, our administrators, executors and .•assigns, signed with our hands,…
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