Burleigh v. Ford

The only question material to be considered is, whether the appointment of the referees was legally made.

it appears from the facts that the parties agreed to submit certain matters in controversy between them to any three persons whom the executive committee of the Alton Bay Camp-Meeting Association might appoint; that this committee consisted of seven members; that only six of them attended the meeting at which the referees were appointed, all of whom concurred in the appointment ; and that the absent member was duly notified of the meeting. Upon these facts the claim of the plaintiff is,…