Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Inter-Ocean Food Products, Inc., for an Order Directing Arbitration between Inter-Ocean Food Products, Inc., and. York Mercantile Co., Inc
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1923-05
Citations: 120 Misc. 840
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Inter-Ocean Food Products, Inc., for an Order Directing Arbitration between Inter-Ocean Food Products, Inc., and. York Mercantile Co., Inc.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 120
Pages: 840–841

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of Inter-Ocean Food Products, Inc., for an Order Directing Arbitration between Inter-Ocean Food Products, Inc., and. York Mercantile Co., Inc.
Supreme Court, New York Special Term,
May, 1923.
Arbitration — contracts — when arbitration in another state will be ordered.
Where a New York contract provides for arbitration in California an order that the arbitration proceed will be granted.
Application to direct arbitration.
Breed, Abbott & Morgan (William B. Shealy, of counsel), for Inter-Ocean Food Products, Inc.
Tanzer & Lane (Eugene L. Mullaney, of counsel), for York Mercantile Co., Inc.

Opinion:
Mullan, J.
I am convinced (1) that the contract was made in and is governable by the laws of New York, and (2) that it providfed for arbitration in California. In Spiritusfabriek Astra v. Sugar Products Co., 230 N. Y. 261, 273, the Court of Appeals specifically left open for future decision the question whether arbitration within a foreign jurisdiction may properly be ordered under a New York contract providing for extraterritorial arbitration. In England it has been held that, under an arbitration clause in an English contract, arbitration may be ordered to take place in a foreign country named in the arbitration clause as the place where the arbitration is to be conducted. Austrian Lloyd Steamship Co. v. Gresham Life Assurance Society, L. R. (1903) 1 K. B. 249. I see no valid reason why the parties should not be held to the agreement they made. Application to direct arbitration to proceed is granted. Settle order.
Ordered accordingly.