Register v. Herrin
Register v. Herrin
Opinion of the Court
This case was transferred to this court from the Supreme Court. Register v. Herrin, 220 Ga. 223 (138 SE2d 169). It involves a boundary line dispute between adjoining landowners and was submitted to arbitrators under a stipulation entered into between the parties and made the order of the court, wherein three named surveyors were appointed to establish the boundary line. The stipulation provided that questions of payment for the survey, mesne profits, etc., should be submitted to a jury. The appointed surveyors filed in court their written report and survey plat. The plaintiff filed a motion repudiating and excepting to the findings of the surveyors, and moving that the issues be presented to the jury. The trial court overruled this motion. Upon the verdict of the jury the court entered a judgment establishing the boundary line designated on the plat as the boundary between the parties’ property. The plaintiff made a motion for new trial which the court overruled. In this court the plaintiff assigns error on the judgments overruling his motion repudiating and excepting to the surveyors’ findings and overruling his motion for new trial. Held:
The general rule is that, when a case has been submitted to a common law arbitration, until the award has been made final by its publication by the arbitrators, the submission is still pending, and may be revoked at any time by either of the parties. Harrell v. Terrell, 125 Ga. 379, 381 (54 SE 116); Davis v. Maxwell, 27 Ga. 368; Cherry v. Smith, 51 Ga. 558.
The trial court did not err in the judgments overruling the plaintiff’s motions to repudiate and for a new trial.
Judgment affirmed.
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