Reynolds v. Creveling

Citations

• 177 Pa. 267
• 35 A. 686
• 1896 Pa. LEXIS 974

Syllabus

<p>Reference — Conclusiveness of award — Act of June 16, 1886.</p> <p>The act of June 16, 1886, P. L. 717, relating to reference and arbitration, gives the court no power to make a new or different award, based on a view of the law or the facts different from that of the arbitrators or referee, thus substituting the judgment of the court for that of the chosen arbitrator, but only such power as the court has over a verdict, to sustain it or set it aside as a whole.</p> <p>In the absence of any clerical or manifest and unquestionable mistake, the court has no power to cut down the amount of an award of arbitrators or referee appointed under the provisions of the act of June 16, 1886.</p>