Gulf Oil Corporation v. Guidry

Raymond W. Guidry sued Gulf Oil Corporation to enforce an arbitration award. Gulf answered. Both parties filed motions for summary judgment. Gulf’s motion was granted and the suit was dismissed. The Court of Civil Appeals reversed the judgment of the trial court and rendered judgment sustaining paragraph one of the award and declaring paragraphs two and three void. 320 S.W. 2d 691. Both parties applied for writ of error. We granted Gulf’s application and, as is our custom, we granted Guidry’s in order to bring all questions in controversy before us for review.

The suit grew out of a physical…