Duncan v. Gray

1 2 Tbe petition simply alleged that tbe plaintiff entered tbe service of tbe defendant in May, 1896, training bis horses, and continued until July of that year, stated tbe value of bis services, and prayed for judgment. Tbe defendant answered that the services were rendered under an oral contract, by tbe terms of which tbe plaintiff’s compensation was to be one-balf of tbe earnings of tbe horses received from racing, and that tbe defendant bad complied with all tbe conditions of bis agreement. In reply, tbe plaintiff admitted tbe contract substantially as pleaded, but averred that tbe…