Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Co. v. Northern Illinois Gas Co.

Plaintiff-Appellant, Pioneer Hi-Bred Com Company of Illinois, appeals from a judgment entered on the verdict of the jury in favor of DefendantAppellee, Northern Illinois Gas Company, by the Circuit Court of Bureau County.

Plaintiff owns a plant located less than a mile north of Princeton, Illinois, where com is processed for resale to farmers. The com is dried in large portable gas dryers. Defendant, a distributor of natural gas, and plaintiff executed a “Gas Service Contract” in September, 1966 whereby gas was to be supplied to plaintiff at a pressure of approximately 45 pounds per square…