Vitaphone Corp. v. Electrical Research Products, Inc.

Pennewill, Chief Justice:

The question this court is required to decide is one of law, viz., whether the arbitration covenant and/or statute relied on by the respondent constitute a bar 'to the action instituted in this court by the complainant. There are no questions of fact now involved and it is, therefore, unnecessary to make further reference to the bill of complaint, or state at greater length than I have, the allegations of the plea.

The respondent contends that the arbitration covenant involved in this case, entered into in another State, should be recognized by this court, and be…