If the arbitrators refuse a request for an adjournment founded upon sufficient reasons, and offered at a proper season, it is a sufficient ground for vacating an award ; so far the law was recognized in the case of Jessup v. Cook, ante 105. But this application was too late; it was probably made after the party had received some intimation of [386] the nature of the report, and knew it was unfavorable to him. We think the referees were right in refusing it.

Rule discharged.