Nortuna Shipping Co. v. Isbrandtsen Co.

MEDINA, Circuit Judge.

On November 12, 1948, appellee Nor-tuna Shipping Company made a Time Charter of its S. S. Norlanda to appellant Isbrandtsen Company, Inc. The charter party contained a clause providing for the arbitration of any disputes between the parties. The appeal is from an order made on October 3, 1955, granting Nortuna’s petition for a direction that, pursuant to Section 4 of the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 4, Isbrandtsen be required to proceed to arbitrate a dispute as to whether or not Nortuna was entitled to reimbursement from Isbrandtsen of an amount paid on September…