McCrillis v. American Heel Co.

If by the contract more than a year was required to perform it, the statute of frauds is a defence. A contract calling for a year of employment not to commence until a time subsequent to the date of the contract must be in writing, and there was evidence tending to show a contract with such a term. And performance in part or in full does not make an unenforceable contract enforceable. Emery v. Smith, 46 N. H. 151; Webster v. Blodgett, 59 N. H. 120; Smith v. Phillips, 69 N. H. 470.

The position that the parties made subsequent oral contracts while the year of service was under way is not well…