GRIFFIN ELECTRIC, INC., a Delaware Corporation, licensed to do business in the State of Illinois, Claimant, v. THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.

Case summary

Claimant sought $554.17 for electrical repair work performed at Dickson Mounds Museum. The court found the work and the need for a helper were justified and unrebutted, and awarded the full amount.

Claim type: Contract

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Headnotes

CoNTmas-electrical contractor did not overcharge. Award granted where Respondent made request for one of Claimant’s employees to perform repair work, but Claimant sent two employees to do the job and the repair work actually required two men and the bill for the second man was reasonably necessary and justified.

KNUPPEL, GROSBOLL, BECKER AND TICE, for Claimant.

HOLDERMAN, J.

This matter involves a claim filed by Griffin Electric, Inc. against the State of Illinois for services allegedly rendered to the State at Dickson Mounds Museum near Lewiston, Illinois. Claim is in the amount of $554.17.

[*172] A transcript of the record consists of testimony by one individual, the entire transcript being twenty pages long.

The record discloses that on or about June 29, 1978, Claimant received a call from the manager of Dickson Mounds Museum to come to the museum to do certain electrical repair work. On the same day, Claimant sent two men to the park to do the required electrical work. Thereafter on June 30,1978, one man had to return to the park to complete the work in question.

It is Respondent’s contention that they requested the services of one man and that the helper who was brought along on the first day by a Mr. Griffin was not needed to do the work. The only testimony concerning the necessity of the helper is by Mr. Griffin himself, an employee of Griffin Electric, Inc., who testified that it is the custom of the electric company to send two men out on a call to ascertain the difficulty and make the necessary repairs. He further testified that in this case the repairs that were made could not have been made by one man and that the bill for the helper was necessary and jusified.

This evidence is not rebutted in any manner, shape or form by Respondent.

An award is hereby entered in favor of Claimant in the amount of $554.17.