¶1decided that the first award was void, because it was not final and conclusive, and did not embrace all the objects submitted. It did not settle the dispute. It did not award a *32release of the covenants, nor a cancelling of the indentures. And that the second award was also void, because the authority of the arbitrators was spent in making the first award.
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Talbott v. Hartley
District of Columbia District Court
Decided July 15, 1801
District of Columbia District Court · decided 1801-07-15
Assumpsit for the labor of two negro boys, Bill and Hanson. Bowling, the owner of the boys, had by indenture bound them as apprentices to the plaintiff. Bill was to serve until September, 1798, and Hanson until September, 1799. Talbott hired the boys to Hartley, the defendant, who refused to pay him for their labor, alleging that Bowling claimed it. Upon this, Talbott and Bowling submitted the matter to arbitrators.
Decided 1801-07-15