PRETRIAL ADJUDICATION
...Contract Arbitration
......Modify/Vacate Award: Exceeded Powers
.........Award When No K to Arbitrate
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If no contract to arbitrate exists, award properly held in excess of powers.

Reversal required where signature of Ds' attorney on arbitration stipulation, standing alone, was not substantial evidence that Ds agreed to arbitrate and valid K existed.