Glenn Acres, Inc. v. Cliffwood Corp.

This litigation, resulting from an agreement for the sale and development of real estate for housing purposes, consists of a bill for declaratory relief and a petition for acceptance and confirmation of an arbitration award which have been consolidated for purposes of appeal. Hearings before an arbitrator commenced on June 9, 1965, and were held on four subsequent days. Thereafter, on July 16, 1965, Cliffwood Corp. (the buyer), under G. L. c. 251, 1 §§ 2, 15, filed a motion for an order to arbitrate. On July 28, 1965, Glenn Acres, Inc. and Benjamin Shaffer (the sellers) brought a bill for…