State ex rel. Duke City Lumber Co. v. Wood

OPINION

WATSON, Justice.

This is an original proceeding in mandamus wherein petitioners seek to compel the respondent district judge by designation to stay the proceedings in the trial court pending arbitration.

On September 15, 1969, as Cause No. 15-799 in Socorro, New Mexico, William E. Terrell, d/b/a Little Tree Lumber Company, brought suit against petitioners seeking damages and cancellation of an agreement and supplemental agreements with Duke City Lumber Company, Inc. The original agreement provided as follows:

“Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this agreement, or the…