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11 Tex. 18

Swift v. Faris

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1853

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1853-07-01

Error from Guadalupe. The parties in this case submitted their matters of difference, to the arbitrament of two referees, chosen by themselves, not under the terms of our statute, but at Common Law. The petition alleged the submission, and set out the bond given by each of the parties, to abide by and perform the award. It set out the award, a failure on the part of the defendant to perform the award, and prayed judgment for the amount awarded to the plaintiff.

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Decided 1853-07-01

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Lipscomb, J.

¶1We believe there was no error in rendering final judgment, upon the default. There was nothing to be assessed by the jury, the award upon which the suit was brought, being for a certain and specific sum, as much so as if the suit had been founded on a judgment; and the award would have supported an action of debt, at Common Law.

¶2Had the suit been brought, on the penalty, stipulated in the bond, for failure to perform the award, it would have been necessary to have impannelled a jury, to assess the actual amount due. We believe, therefore, that this objection is not well taken.

¶3The second error assigned is, we believe, unavailable to the plaintiff in error. The amendment only made the judgment correspond with the award, and is, in principle, the same as making the judgment follow a verdict. Under Article 786 of Hartley’s Digest, this amendment could have been made in vacation; and surely there can be no objection to its being made in Term time. The judgment is affirmed.

¶4Judgment affirmed.

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