72 A.D.2d 544 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1979
In a proceeding to stay arbitration, petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, dated January 30, 1979, which denied the application. Judgment reversed, on the law, with $50 costs and disbursements, and petitioner’s application to stay arbitration is granted. The subject arbitration clause&emdash;drawn by respondent’s assignor&emdash; provided: "Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this agreement or breach thereof, shall be settled by arbitration in the State of New York which shall be conducted in accordance with the Rules of the American Arbitration Association. All hearings shall be oral and shall be held in the County, City and State of New York. There shall be one