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15 Tex. 380

Rector v. Hunter

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1855

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1855-07-01

The appellants, who were plaintiffs below, had leased certain premises to the defendant, under mutual stipulations as to rent, service, improvements, &c. A dispute having arisen as to the terms of settlement, they entered into a stipulation to submit the same to two arbitrators named, and handed the papers to the arbitrators, telling them to take the papers and do what was right. Neither party proposed to offer testimony to the arbitrators.

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Decided 1855-07-01

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Lipscomb, J.

¶1In this case, the award of the arbitrators seems to be confined to the matter submitted to their arbitrament ; and the matters of fact, by which the appellants sought to impeach the award, were fairly presented to the jury by the charge of the Judge, and his charge upon the law correctly laid down, leaving no ground, in our opinion, for reversing the judgment. If the plaintiffs have suffered, as it is very possible they have, it is not to be attributed to any defect in the administration of the law, but to their own negligence, in the submission, and then to their want of attention, in not presenting their evidence fully to the arbitrators. The judgment is affirmed.

¶2Judgment affirmed.

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