Legal Opinion
Helzel v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 18, 1981No. Civ. 51963PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GRODIN, J.
This case poses procedural questions arising from application of California’s arbitration statute (Code Civ. Proc., § 1280 et seq.) 1 to a stock purchase agreement containing a two-phase procedure for the appraisal of corporate shares. Phase one called for separate ap praisals by two designated appraisers. If the disparity between their two appraisals was less than 20 percent, then the purchase price was to be the mean between them. But if, as was the situation here, the disparity was greater and the parties were unable to arrive at an agreement within ten days, then those…
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