Question: Alpha Rolling Mill Corporation ( Alpha Corporation ) , by letter dated June 8 , offered to sell Brooklyn Railroad Company ( Brooklyn Company )
Alpha Rolling Mill Corporation Alpha Corporation by letter dated June offered to sell Brooklyn Railroad Company Brooklyn Company two thousand to five thousand tons of fiftypound iron rails on certain specified terms and added that, if the offer was accepted, Alpha Corporation would expect to be notified prior to June Brooklyn Company, on June by fax, referring to Alpha Corporation's offer of June directed Alpha Corporation to enter an order for one thousand two hundred tons of fiftypound iron rails on the terms specified. The same day, June Brooklyn Company, by letter to Alpha Corporation, confirmed the fax. On June Alpha Corporation, by telephone, declined to fulfill the order. Brooklyn Company, on June wrote Alpha Corporation: "Please enter an order for two thousand tons of rails as per your letter of the eighth. Please forward written contract. Reply." In reply to Brooklyn Company's repeated inquiries concerning whether the order for two thousand tons of rails had been entered, Alpha denied the existence of any contract between Brooklyn Company and itself. Thereafter, Brooklyn Company sued Alpha Corporation for breach of contract. Decision?
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