Hart v. Dupont
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Parish of Iberville; Jos. E. Le Blanc, Jr., Judge. Action by Lewis B. Hart against Charles I. Dupont. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, C. J.
A partnership-, which had existed between plaintiff and defendant for several years, having been dissolved, plaintiff sued for a liquidation and settlement, but thereafter, without the advice of his counsel, agreed that the differences between defendant and himself should be settled by arbitration, and two arbitrators were selected, to whom the matter was submitted, without limitation, however, as to the time within which they should make their award. About eight months later, plaintiff ruled defendant to show cause “why the powers and authority of the arbitrators should not be declared to…
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