In re the Arbitration between Gale & Hilts

Peb Cubiam.

There was no reasonable excuse for defendant’s willful default in opposing the motion to confirm the award of the arbitrators. The claim of duress was entirely without substance. On the merits no defense was established which justified vacating the award. All of the matters sought to be raised on this application were passed on by the arbitrators and were within the terms of the submission. Assuming that there might be a question of law as to the propriety of confirming an arbitrators’ award where there was patent illegality in the contract arbitrated, such a situation is not…