Mike Bradford & Co. v. Gulf States Steel Co.

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• holding parties “may not, by their contract totally exclude the courts from a consideration of their dispute under every circumstance which may possibly arise”
• waiver where the defendant submitted an answer and a counterclaim without raising the issue of arbitration, allowed the cause to proceed for five months, and allowed a jury to be impaneled
• “It is true that rulings as to the conduct of trial proceedings are ordinarily within the discretion of the trial judge and that they will not be disturbed on appeal unless a palpable abuse of discretion appears.”

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