Legal Opinion
Fite & Warmath Const. Co., Inc. v. Mys Corp.
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 1977PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REED, Justice.
The decisive issue presented by this appeal is whether the trial court was correct in enforcing a contractual agreement to arbitrate instead of applying what is generally described as the common-law rule, which regards as revocable by either party any agreement between them to arbitrate future disputes.
In November 1969, Fite and Warmath Construction Company, Inc., a Tennessee corporation, entered into a “cost-plus” contract with MYS Corporation, a Kentucky corporation wholly owned by New York residents, in which Fite agreed to serve as general contractor for MYS in the…
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