Lakeside Pump & Equipment, Inc. v. Austin Construction Co.

The principal question on this appeal is whether a contract was created between the parties for the furnishing of two pump stations.

Respondent, Lakeside Pump and Equipment, Inc. (Lakeside), supplied an oral quotation to furnish two pump stations to appellant, Austin Construction Company (Austin). Whether this bid was for Lakeside's standard station or one which met certain specifications was the subject of dispute at trial and provides the focus on this appeal. Austin incorporated the oral quotation in its overall bid on a sewer project in Pierce County and sent Lakeside a purchase order for…