54 Iowa 546 | Iowa | 1880
II. Did the court, then, err in recommitting this matter to the arbitrators originally selected by the parties? It is urged by the appellant that, as the time'fixed by the parties for the filing of the award had passed, no award could be made after that time. But this objection is removed by section 3423 of the Code, which provides: “If the time within which the award is to be made is fixed in the submission, no award made after that time shall have any legal effect, unless made upon a recommitment of the matter by the court tó which it is reported.”
Reversed.