Columbian Fuel Corp. v. Warfield Natural Gas Co.

MOORE, District Judge.

The complaints in these actions were filed on the same day by different plaintiffs against the same defendant. Both actions involve identical issues which may conveniently be disposed of together. Plaintiffs in both instances contracted to sell natural gas to defendants and the parties were unable to agree upon the price to be paid for gas delivered during the five year period beginning November 1, 1945. Pursuant to the terms of the gas sales contracts, on April 4, 1946, the parties executed submission agreements to resolve the dispute by arbitration. The same…