Brandon v. Hines

439 A.2d 496 (1981)

William L. BRANDON, Appellant,

v.

William J. HINES, Appellee.

No. 79-1174.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Argued October 30, 1980.

Decided December 21, 1981.

James E. Burk, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Arthur G. House, Bethesda, Md., for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and MACK and FERREN, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

Appellant, a building contractor, sued for breach of a construction contract to renovate appellee's premises. The contract contained an arbitration clause. The trial court stayed the litigation pending arbitration, and the arbitrators…