Main Investment Co. v. Olsen
Main Investment Co. v. Olsen
Opinion of the Court
In this case a motion was made to dismiss the appeal for the reason that neither proof of service of notice of appeal nor an appeal bond was filed within five days after the giving of the notice of appeal. The file mark on the bond indicated that it was filed November 27, 1905, but the appellant filed affidavits to show that as a matter of fact said bond was left with the clerk of the court for filing on November 18, 1905, the same day that the ndtice of appeal was served and left for filing. As this question could not be determined on affidavits in this court, and believing that the
Appellant and respondent entered into written contracts, by which the former agreed to build for the latter a stone foundation for a building. It was alleged in the complaint that appellant had failed to comply with his contract, and that respondent had been obliged to pay $1,686.03 in excess of the contract price in order to satisfy claims that were liens against respondent’s property, and also alleging that by reason of appellant’s default plaintiff was otherwise damaged in a large sum. Appellant admitted the contracts, but denied most of the principal allegations of the complaint. The case was tried before the court without a jury, and resulted in a judgment in favor of the respondent in the sum of $1,966.41.
The principal contention of appellant is that the complaint does not state, and the evidence does not establish, a cause of action, in that the matters sued upon were such as should have been submitted to arbitration under the terms of the written contracts. Said agreements consisted of an instrument commonly known as the uniform contract, together with a supplemental agreement in writing as to certain matters not covered by the original instrument. The only provisions for arbitration are found in articles 3, 7 and 8, where provision is made for arbitrating the increased or decreased
Numerous other matters are called to the attention of the court «'herein it is claimed that the lower court erred, but they are mostly involved in the matters heretofore mentioned, or have to do writh questions of fact upon which there was a conflict of evidence. On none of these -matters have we reached a conclusion different from that of the trial court.
The judgment of said court is affirmed.
Mount, C. J., Dunbar, Crow, Fullerton, Hadley, and Rudkin, JJ., concur.
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- Appeal — Time fob Filing Bond — Mistake of Clerk — Supplemental Record — Dismissal. An appeal will not be dismissed because it appears that the bond was filed after the time allowed by law, where it is shown by a supplemental record that the lower court has found that it was left with the clerk for filing within the time, but by inadvertence it was not marked filed until the time for filing had expired. Contracts — Breach of Unitorm Contract — Arbitration. Under the terms of a “uniform” building contract, providing for aibitration only of the cost of alterations, reviewing the architect’s certificate extending time, and damages by reason of delay, damages for money expended in paying unpaid bills of the contractor and for completing work which he left unfinished are not subject to arbitration.