29-5-110 - Umpire. - Tennessee Statutes

29-5-110. Umpire.

(a)  Where, and only where, the submission expressly so provides may an umpire be appointed by the arbitrators; the same to be done by them in writing.

(b)  The umpire shall sit with the original arbitrators upon the hearing; if testimony has been taken before the umpire's appointment, the matter must be reheard unless a rehearing is waived in the original submission or by subsequent written consent of the parties.

(c)  One (1) or more points in dispute may be referred to an umpire.

[Code 1932, § 9363; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-510.]