· 12/8/1919
United States v. Mill Creek & Mine Hill Navigation & Railroad ex rel. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.
Citations
- 251 U.S. 539
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- “As an affirmative defense, arbitration must be asserted in the answer or it may, under appropriate circumstances, be deemed waived. . . .”
- “The mere existence of a contractual agreement among litigants to arbitrate a dispute does not deprive a circuit court of subject matter jurisdiction…”
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