Moore v. Barnett

Moore sued Barnett for an accounting as a partner, in the particular business of selling goods at a town named. A written agreement fixed the terms of the partnership. Barnett answered, and the case was brought to issue. The cause was then, upon the written consent of both parties, by order of the Court, referred to Messrs. Sale and Maxwell. The agreement of reference, and the order of the Court, contained this clause: “That upon any difference of opinion, either of fact or of law, between said arbitrators, they shall make a minute of the fact in writing, for the decision of the judge of the…