Lester Witte & Co. v. Lundy

Miss JUSTICE McGILLICUDDY

delivered the opinion of the court:

The instant action was brought by the plaintiffs pursuant to section 2(b) of the Uniform Arbitration Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 10, par. 102(b)) to stay an arbitration proceeding commenced by the defendant because the defendant’s demand for arbitration did not state an arbitrable claim.

According to the allegations in the plaintiffs’ complaint, the defendant, Todd S. Lundy, withdrew as a partner from the plaintiffs’ public accounting firm, Lester Witte and Company, on October 1, 1976. Pursuant to the partnership agreement he was…