Case Name: Wells v. Lain, 15 Wend. 99; 7 Wend. 175
Court: New York Court for the Correction of Errors
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1799
Citations: 1 Lock. Rev. Cas. 28
Docket Number: 
Parties: Wells v. Lain, 15 Wend. 99; 7 Wend. 175.
Judges: 
Reporter: Lockwood's Reversed Cases
Volume: 1
Pages: 28–28

Head Matter:
Wells v. Lain, 15 Wend. 99; 7 Wend. 175.
Submission to Arbitration.
Action of slander.
Court of Errors held.—A parol submission to arbitrators, of a cause depending in court, is good, notwithstanding the existence of a general rule of the court in which the cause is pending, that no agreement between the parties in respect to the proceedings in a case shall be binding, unless reduced to the form of a rule, or the evidence thereof be in writing, subscribed by the party against whom the agreement is alleged.

Opinion:
The judgment of the Supreme Court was on this point reversed.