INTERNATIONAL BOILER WORKS v. GENERAL WATERWORKS


372 A.2d 176 (1977)

INTERNATIONAL BOILER WORKS CO., a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff below, Appellant, v. GENERAL WATERWORKS CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided January 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul P. Welsh and Craig B. Smith, of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, for plaintiff-appellant.

Hugh Corroon and Charles S. McDowell, of Potter Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, for defendant-appellee.

Before HERRMANN, C. J., DUFFY and McNEILLY, JJ.


DUFFY, Justice:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court, sitting without a jury, upon a finding that defendant was not liable to plaintiff for breach of contract. The critical, two-part issue on appeal is whether Charles J. Schreiber, an employee of Pennsylvania Utilities Investment Corporation,1 had the apparent authority to enter into a contract on behalf of defendant and, if so,

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