Gestetner Corporation v. Case Equipment Company

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiff-appellant Gestetner Corporation (Gestetner) from a jury award and judgment on Count I of the counterclaim of defendant-appellee Case Equipment Company (Case). We affirm the judgment below.

The issue is whether the statute of frauds precludes finding that there was a contract for the sale of goods between the parties.

I

Gestetner is the United States distributor of a line of office equipment, including stencil duplicators, commonly referred to as mimeograph machines. It uses a dual distribution system, consisting of company-owned retail stores…