McKelvy v. Choctaw Cotton Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Pontotoc County; Tom D. McKeown, Judge. Action by W. E. McKelvy against the Choctaw Cotton Oil Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
MATHEWS, C.
This was an action to recover upon a contract of employment as bookkeeper for defendant. The plaintiff was discharged before the end of his term of employment, and has instituted this action to recover the salary for the remainder of the term and for overtime work, alleged to have been done at night and on Sundays. The case was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict for defendant as directed by the court. Plaintiff’s motion for a new trial being overruled, he has appealed to this court.
1. Plaintiff sued upon an alleged oral contract of employment, but at the trial it…
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