Lotspeich v. Mayor of Morristown
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HAMBLEN Appeal from the Chancery Court of Hamblen County. —HoN. Hugh G-. Kyle, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hall
The bill in this cause was filed by the complainant, A. W. Lotspeich, against the mayor and aldermen of the town of Morristown, seeking to enforce an award of arbitration made pursuant to an alleged arbitration agreement entered into in writing by W. B. Whittaker, mayor of the defendant, on August 3, 1916.
The defendant, mayor and aldermen of the town of Morristown, answered the bill, setting up in its answer the defense, by plea of non est factum, that the mayor was without authority to bind the city under said agreement, it appearing that said arbitration agreement executed by him was never…
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