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9 Johns. 115

Freeman v. Adams

New York Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1812

New York Supreme Court · decided 1812-05-15

THIS was an action of debt on an arbitration bond. The defendant, after craving oyer of the bond and condition, pleaded, 1. That the arbitrators, or any two of them, did not make an award between the parties, according to the form and effect of the condition of the bond. 2. That no award in writing was made, on or before the 1st day of July, 1809, after the date of the bond, being the day limited for making the award, by the condition.

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Decided 1812-05-15

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¶1The single question presented by the pleadings is, whether an action will lie upon the penalty of an arbitration bond, for the non-performance of an award, when it appears that the award was not made within the time specified in the bond, and when it appears that the parties, by an agreement under their hands and seals, endorsed on the bond, had enlarged the time, and that the award was made within such enlarged time. The case of Brown v. Goodman, (E. 29 G. K. B. cited in a note to 3 Term Rep. 592.) is a solemn determination of the It. B. upon the very point, and made after argument upon demurrer. By that decisipn, a suit will not lie upon the bond. The party has another remedy upon the submission implied in the agreement to enlarge the time. This case has been since considered *117as sound law; (Tidd's K. B. 756. 5 East, 191.) and as the principle is incontrovertible, it must govern this case. The case of Philips v. Rose (8 Johns. Rep. 392.) is an authority in this court to show that if a contract be subsequently changed, you must declare otherwise than on the contract itself. There is a wide difference between this case of a suit to enforce the bond, in consequence of such agreement, and a plea of a discharge by the obligee from a strict and literal compliance with the obligation, according to the doctrine in Fleming v. Gilbert. (3 Johns. Rep. 528.)

¶2Judgment for the defendant.

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