Merchants' & Manufacturers' National Bank v. Kern

Citations

• 193 Pa. 67
• 44 A. 334
• 1899 Pa. LEXIS 1083

Syllabus

<p>Arbitration—.Review of referee's findings of facts—Acts of May 14,1874, and May 4, 1889.</p> <p>Under the act of May 4, 1889, amending the act of May 14, 1874, the court of common pleas has full power to review the report of the referee both as to questions of fact and questions of law, and may confirm, alter, amend or reverse the report, or send it back for further proceedings before the referee.</p> <p>Where the report of a referee is reversed by the court of common pleas the fact that the decision of the court corresponds with the verdict of the jury in a trial in which the same question was involved as that raised before the referee should be given weight.</p>