Robins Silk Manufacturing Co. v. Consolidated Piece Dye Works

The appellant, Robins Silk Manufacturing Co., Inc., delivered silks to the respondent, Consolidated Piece Dye Works, to be dyed. A controversy as to the manner in which the work had been done was submitted to arbitration. A motion was made by the appellant to vacate the award on two grounds: First, that one of the three arbitrators had been guilty of misbehavior in inspecting the respondent’s machinery in the absence of the parties, and second, that another arbitrator had been guilty of misbehavior in bargaining with the respondent for employment while the arbitration was pending. The Supreme…