Currier v. Lowe
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. This was an action upon an award at common law. The petition stated that on February 28, 1869, controversies were pending between plaintiff and defendant concerning a contract for the building by defendant of forty cattle cars for the North Missouri Railroad Company, of which contract plaintiff was entitled to one half the profits,; that said matter was referred to one Roberts, by consent of parties, who, having heard the parties and…
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. This was an action upon an award at common law. The petition stated that on February 28, 1869, controversies were pending between plaintiff and defendant concerning a contract for the building by defendant of forty cattle cars for the North Missouri Railroad Company, of which contract plaintiff was entitled to one half the profits,; that said matter was referred to one Roberts, by consent of parties, who, having heard the parties and their proof, awarded the plaintiff the sum of one thousand nine hundred and six dollars eighty five cents, with fifty…
1Opinion of the CourtDryden, Judge
The defendant urges two grounds of complaint against the proceedings of the Circuit Court, which we will notice in their order. First, that the court excluded the evidence which the defendant introduced to prove that the arbitrator had improperly refused him credits in the award to which he was entitled; and, second, that the court gave an improper instruction at the instance of the plaintiff. A third ground why the judgment of the Circuit Court should be reversed, viz., that the arbitrator exceeded his authority in awarding costs in the case, is urged by the defendant; but the point not…
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