Mountain States Construction Company v. Riley

LESHER, Justice.

Appellee Riley, the plaintiff below, sued to recover on an alleged oral contract of ;employment.. From a judgment in Riley’s favor entered by the trial court sitting without a jury, the alleged employer appeals. No findings of. fact or conclusions of law were requested, nor were any made.

In October, 1956, plaintiff contracted in writing with defendant to construct a skyline, or cableway, across the canyon in the area where defendant was engaged in building the Glen Canyon Dam. Later that month plaintiff advised defendant that he could not or would not carry out the contract,…