Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court January 15, 1863 (Boynton v. Butterfield)

By the Court.

The receipt, so far from showing that the award was not accepted by the defendants, is decisive proof that they assented to it and gave the note in performance of the award.

Evidence that the arbitrators allowed to the plaintiff in their award the amount of claims which were barred by the statute of limitations was irrelevant and immaterial.