Hornback v. Sabin Robbins Paper Co.

“At the trial, on Jan. 13, 1927, before any other material evidence had been heard, the testimony of one of the plaintiffs developed the fact that the contract sued on was wholly verbal. Thereupon the court, at the request of the defendant, directed the jury to return a verdict for the defendant. . Plaintiffs ask that the judgment below be reversed, and that a new trial be granted.

Since the enactment, effective July 9, 1925, of the amendment to Section 8621 of the Ohio General Code that brings within the statute of frauds “an agreement, promise or contract to pay any commission for or upon…