Euclid Engineering Corp. v. Illinois Power Co.

This appeal arises from a decision of the trial judge, sitting without a jury, that a contract did not exist for the sale of two diesel generators to Euclid Engineering Corporation by Illinois Power Company and from a further decision that no such contract was made by Archie Kraakevik, an agent and employee of the defendant power company.

The plaintiff’s theory on appeal is that the correspondence between it and the Illinois Power Company constituted a valid and enforceable contract of sale between the parties under sec 2-204 of the Uniform Commercial Code (Ill Rev Stats 1963, c 26, § 2-204)…