Oklahoma City v. Miller

This appeal involves the liability of a municipality on a verbal contract made by its manager to an employee whereunder the employee was to receive compensation for an injury sustained in the course of his employment.

On July 18, 1929, Ben Miller, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, while employed as a truck driver in the garbage department of Oklahoma City, a municipal corporation, hereinafter referred to as defendant, sustained an accidental personal injury which resulted in the loss of his left eye. The injury was reported to the manager of the defendant, who directed plaintiff to file a…