Funk v. Anderson-Rooney Operating Co.

IRWIN, Justice.

Plaintiffs in error, herein designated as plaintiffs, commenced proceedings against defendants in error, referred to as defendants, to recover damages for breach of an oral contract to lease office space for a term of three years. The trial court found that the oral contract relied upon by plaintiffs was in violation of the Statute of Frauds and that the evidence on the question of damages was too vague, uncertain and speculative to become the basis for a judgment in favor of plaintiffs and sustained defendants’ motion for a directed verdict. Plaintiffs appeal from the order…