29-5-110 - Umpire.
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.]