Robinson-Rea Mfg. Co. v. Mellon

Citations

• 139 Pa. 257
• 21 A. 91
• 1891 Pa. LEXIS 984

Syllabus

<p>1. When, under the terms of a construction contract, the award of an engineer upon disputed matters submitted to his arbitrament is to be conclusive, it is not a defence to an action thereon that, after the award was made, the engineer ordered a re-hearing, upon the application of the defendant.</p> <p>2. Although an arbitrator, whose award is to be conclusive, may perhaps correct a clerical or other error appearing upon the face of his finding, yet he cannot re-open his awai’d, go into a general hearing and take testimony, upon an allegation by the defeated party that serious mistakes were made by him.</p>