Martin v. Vansant

Citations

• 99 Wash. 106
• 168 P. 990
• 1917 Wash. LEXIS 1021

Syllabus

<p>Arbitration and Award—Agreement to Arbitrate—Revocation. An agreement in advance, before a dispute has arisen, to submit to appraisers the value and price of land held under option to purchase, is not an agreement to submit an existing controversy to arbitration, and is therefore not subject to revocation by one of the parties as in arbitration at common law prior to the award; but is an irrevocable agreement to leave the price to appraisers, upon which specific performance of the contract may be decreed.</p>