Forman Lumber Co. v. Ragsdale

The judgment in this case recites that the parties entered into a written stipulation submitting their controversy to the award of three persons, named, as arbitrators, and agreed that judgment should be entered upon the award.

The proceeding in such cases is purely statutory and the provisions of the statute must be complied with in order to give the court jurisdiction to render judgment upon the award.

The statute provides, Sec. 7, Ch. 10, that the party filing the award may, at the next term after such filing, by giving four days notice to the opposite party, if no legal exceptions are…