Arbitration Clause Void if Original Contract is Disputed as Void Ab Initio; Superseding Agreement Takes Precedence.

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....Arbitration clause - that if the contract was superseded by another, the arbitration clause, being a component part of the earlier contract, falls with it - But where the dispute was whether such contract was void ab intio, the arbitration clause cannot operate on those disputes, for its operative force depends upon the existence of the contract and its validity - SC....