Brown v. Byers

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The plaintiffs sued to recover on an oral contract alleged to have been made with them by Nellie A. Byers, under which the plaintiffs were to perform services on a farm, for which the plaintiffs were to receive $75 a month as wages, 10 per cent of the wheat, 20 per cent of the corn, and 20 per cent of the hogs raised on the farm during the year covered by the contract, September 1, 1919, to September 1, 1920. The plaintiffs alleged that the contract was made about August 15, 1919. Judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiffs against…