Moody v. Nelson

Citations

• 60 Ill. 229

Syllabus

<p>1. ARBITRATION — of the submission. It is indispensable to the jurisdiction of courts to render judgment upon an award of arbitrators that the submission be executed with the formalities of, and contain, in substance, what is required by the statute.</p> <p>3. A submission under the 1st section of the chapter of the Kevised Statutes, entitled “Arbitrations and Awards,” which authorizes persons to submit to the award of arbitrators any controversy existing between them, not in suit, it appearing the submission was not attested by any witness, was regarded as insufficient to confer jurisdiction on the court to render judgment upon the award.</p> <p>3. The submission recited: “And it is hereby further agreed and understood, by and between the said parties, that this submission shall be made a rule of the circuit court within and for the county of Kane aforesaid Held, such language was not equivalent to an agreement that a judgment should be rendered upon the award made pursuant to the submission, as provided by the statute.</p>