Smith & Bird v. Kentucky River Mills, Inc.

MEDINA, District Judge.

This is an application by G. Harry Jackson, as assignee of Smith &° Bird, to confirm, under the Federal Arbitration Act, Title 9 U.S.C.A. § 9, an alleged award of an arbitrator, dated December 30, 1947.

On April 10, 1944, Kentucky River Mills, Inc., entered into a written agreement for the purchase from Smith & Bird of 79 tons of Brazilian caroa fiber. Upon the refusal by Kentucky River Mills, Inc., to accept delivery, a demand for arbitration was served by registered mail pursuant to the terms of an arbitration clause in the contract which provided that “Any dispute…