PACE CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION v. Houdaille-Duval-Wright Division, Houdaille Industries, Inc.

Jordan, Presiding Justice.

Houdaille, Ind., Inc., appellee, sued Pace Construction Corp., appellant, seeking damages for the latter’s breach of a subcontract. The appellant answered and raised the affirmative defense that the subcontract contained an arbitration clause which barred the appellee from pursuing the present lawsuit. In conjunction with this pleading, the appellant prayed for an order "staying discovery and all other judicial proceedings in the instant action until such time as all subcontract claims existing between [the appellant and the ‘appellee] have been submitted to and…