Wohnoutka v. Kelley

Memorandum Decision

PEARCE, Judge:

11 Robert Wohnoutka appeals from the district court's dismissal of the lawsuit he filed against his former domestic partner's sister, Sonia Kelley. Wohnoutka claimed that Kelley had orally agreed to repay half of the money Wohnoutka paid from 2001 to 2007 toward the care and support of Kelley's mother. On the basis of the alleged loan, he argued that Kelley owed him more than $108,000. To demonstrate that an oral contract existed, Wohnoutka introduced evidence of the parties' prior courses of dealing, correspondence between the parties, and Kelley's tax…