While the court below decided correctly that there is an issue of fact with respect to the making of an agreement to arbitrate, it was error to postpone disposition of that issue until the trial of the main action. An agreement to arbitrate is not a defense to the action but only ground for staying it (American Reserve Ins. Co. v. China Ins. Co., 297 N.Y. 322). Since section 1450 of the Civil Practice...
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