Bratcher v. Dozier

FRASER, Justice.

Plaintiff was a mechanic working in Pecos, Texas. Defendant had a business known as “Dozier Tractor ahd Implement Company”, in the same town. The parties got together at defendant’s invitation, early in the month of November, 1956 and, during the course of their conversations, entered into an oral agreement.

According to the testimony, plaintiff was to take over defendant’s shop and run it on a guaranteed $100 a week wage and 75 per cent of the gross labor income above this minimum guarantee. The contract was oral, and they did not agree on a specific term for such contract.…