107 Mass. 472 | Mass. | 1871
We have no doubt that any communication made by one party to a submission, without the knowledge of the other, while the arbitrators have the case under consideration, attempting to influence them in his own favor, or to prejudice them against the «other party, will avoid the award, if seasonably ob jected to by the latter; because the court cannot know that it did not affect the minds of the arbitrators, and must protect the inno
Judgment, accepting the award, affirmed.
The chief justice did not sit in this case, and it and the case following were submitted upon written arguments in the ensuing vacation.