Rochelle Fabrics Ltd. v. Top Kid's, Inc.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (William Davis, J.), entered April 30, 1997, which denied petitioner seller’s application to compel arbitration, and granted respondent buyer’s cross motion to dismiss the petition, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The petition was properly dismissed on the ground that there was no agreement to arbitrate. Petitioner’s contract, never signed by respondent, containing the arbitration clause, was issued in response to purchase orders issued by respondent that specifically excluded arbitration (Alex Colman Inc. v Silverman Prods. & Textiles, 212 AD2d 452).…