614.040 - Award: Operation; judgment; exceptions; appeal to Supreme Court.
614.040 Award: Operation; judgment; exceptions; appeal to Supreme Court.
1. The award being filed in the clerk’s office of the district court, as provided in NRS 614.030, it shall go into practical operation and judgment shall be entered thereon accordingly at the expiration of 10 days from such filing, unless within such 10 days either party shall file exceptions thereto for matter of law apparent on the record, in which case the award shall go into practical operation and judgment shall be entered accordingly when such exceptions shall have been finally disposed of either by the district court or on appeal therefrom.
2. At the expiration of 10 days from the decision of the district court upon exception taken to the award as stated in subsection 1, judgment shall be entered in accordance with the decision, unless during the 10 days either party shall appeal therefrom to the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada. In such case only such portion of the record shall be transmitted to the Supreme Court as is necessary to a proper understanding and consideration of the questions of law presented by the exceptions and to be decided.
3. The determination of the Supreme Court upon the questions shall be final, and, being certified by the clerk thereof to the district court, judgment pursuant thereto shall thereupon be entered by the district court.
4. If exceptions to an award are finally sustained, judgment shall be entered setting aside the award, but in such case the parties may agree upon a judgment to be entered disposing of the subject matter of the controversy, which judgment when entered shall have the same force and effect as judgment entered upon an award.
[3:181:1907; RL § 1931; NCL § 2765]