N. E. Redlon Co. v. Franklin Square Corp.

I. The defendant urges that under the contract arbitration of disputed questions was a condition precedent to legal action. Article 40 of the Standard Documents provides that “All questions subject to arbitration under this Contract shall be submitted to arbitration at the choice of either party to the dispute .... The demand for arbitration shall be filed in writing with the Architect.” The referee ruled that the contract did not require arbitration unless called for by one of the parties. This was a correct interpretation of the contract.

The plaintiff first suggested arbitration and on…