Lokan v. Roberts

(Pro Tempore)

This is an action on an alleged oral contract stated in two counts. The first count seeks to recover unpaid wages and the second count seeks to recover the reasonable value of certain equipment sold to defendant. The case was tried to the court upon a waiver of a jury trial. From a judgment in favor of defendant, dismissing plaintiff’s complaint, plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff is a mechanic, machinist and heavy equipment maintenance man with many years of experience. Plaintiff contends that an oral contract was made between the parties in the fall of 1967 and that by the terms of…