Boston Molasses Co. v. Molasses Distributors Corp.

This proceeding, brought under § 20 of G. L. c. 251 (a section added to that statute by St. 1925, c. 294, § 5), is a petition by the Boston Molasses Company, herein called the petitioner, for instructions to arbitrators upon a question of law arising under a lease from it to the Molasses Distributors Corporation, herein called the respondent. The petition was heard in the Superior Court upon the pleadings and certain oral testimony. An order instructing the arbitrators in conformity to a ruling made by the trial judge was entered and the case was reported for determination by this court, “…