Parsley v. Wyoming Automotive Company

Elmer J. Parsley, plaintiff, sued his employer, Wyoming Automotive Company, and its principal-executive officer, Ernest Wilkerson, for breach of an alleged contract to pay plaintiff $150 per month for five years as retirement pay. Claims are also involved concerning shares of stock in the company, which were held by plaintiff, and concerning rights lost by plaintiff in group-insurance policies.

Following a trial without jury, judgment was awarded in favor of the defendants, and plaintiff has appealed. We are notified of his death on July 8, 1964, subsequent to oral argument and the submission…