Sturgeon v. Phifer

This was an action filed in the District Court of Albany County, by Fred W. Phifer as plaintiff against W. Sidney Sturgeon, Jr., as defendant, to recover damages of $1,281.66 for an alleged breach of an oral agreement concerning the pasturing of defendant’s sheep by plaintiff. The case was tried to the court without a jury and judgment was given plaintiff for the full amount asked. The defendant-Sturgeon has appealed.

The parties agree there was an oral agreement for defendant to pasture 1,538 sheep with plaintiff, on plaintiff’s Konold Ranch, during the 1962 summer season. Payment was to be…