Court Opinion

ID: 5423175
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-08 16:34:22.569364+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:31:19.870627
License: Public Domain

Per Curiam.
While a binding agreement to arbitrate would constitute a defense which could be pleaded and proved in this action, and a completed arbitration would be sufficient ground for the special appearance, the Municipal Court has no jurisdiction to compel arbitration either by mandatory order or by granting a stay of proceedings pending submission thereto. Proper procedure required a hearing on the question raised by the special appearance. (Mun. Ct. Code, § 78, subd. 8.)
Order reversed, with ten dollars costs, and motion denied.
All concur; present, Callahan, Frankenthaler and Shientag, JJ.