The Calcutta Weekly Notes. Monday November 16 1903

Questionable Marriage viii'of long-standing not declared void.. viii REPORTS (See Index.) THE IntGH COURT REMAINS CLOSED TO-DAY AND tomorrow on account of the Kartik Pujah ON THE RE-OPENING OF THE HIOn COURT ON Wednesdays the 18th of November the constitution of the Berm and the distribution of the business amongst them will be as follows :— ORIGINAL SIDE APPEALS.—The Hon’ble Chief Justice Mr [...] The umpire first selected refused to act and the Court appointed a new umpire who was not one of the seven persons mentioned in the submission it was held that the umpire not being one of the seven the award was invalid. [...] GI) it was pointed out that if there is a contract for a sale at a price to be fixed by an award during Me life of the parties and one of them dies before the award is made the contract fails and equity will not enforce it upon the ground of accident for the time of making the award is expressly fixed in the contract according to the.pleasue of the parties and there is no equity to substitut [...] Where the arbitrators are empowered by the order of the reference to appoint an umpire and fail to }do so any of the parties may serve the arbitrators with a written notice to appoint 'an umpire ; and )1 within seven days after such notice has been served or such further time as the Court may in each case allow no umpire he appointed the Court upon the application of the party who has served [...] The Will did not dispose of the beneficial interest so that this was not the case of an attempted benficial disposition that faileby the death of the legatee by the operation of the rule against perptuities or some such cause.