Webster v. Webster Refining Co. of Okmulgee
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Okmulgee County; W. L.. Barnum, Judge. Action by C. D. Webster against the Webster Refining Company of Okmulgee. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
AMES, C.
The plaintiff was instrumental in promoting and organizing the defendant corporation. He had had many years of experience in building refineries, and entered into an agreement with the others, who proposed to form the corporation, pursuant to which they were to pay him a salary as general manager, during the construction of a plant, and $5,000 par value of the capital stock of the corporation for the use of his name, processes, and knowledge in erecting the refinery. The minutes of the corporation disclosing the agreement are as follows:
“The next business was the fixing…
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