Johnson v. Spear Company

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

Plaintiff sued defendant for breach of an oral contract of employment. He claimed a balance of $468.60 for the year 1931, and a balance of $1,866.68 for the year 1932. The court below withdrew from a jury the claim for 1931; and- plaintiff recovered a verdict for the difference between the amount received in 1932 and an annual salary of $2,800. Defendant appealed from the judgment entered on the verdict.

The plaintiff alleged that the oral contract of employment was made with the assistant treasurer of the appellant company in March, 1924. In this connection plaintiff…