Gulfport Cotton Oil, Fertilizer & Manufacturing Co. v. Reneau
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Harrison county. Hon. William H. Hardy, Judge. Reneau, appellee, was plaintiff in the court below, and the Gulfport, etc., Co., appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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From the circuit court of Harrison county. Hon. William H. Hardy, Judge. Reneau, appellee, was plaintiff in the court below, and the Gulfport, etc., Co., appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The court below seems to have proceeded upon the idea that a verbal contract for more than a year is enforceable if the plaintiff does not depend altogether upon spoken words; and that he can recover if he can offer any corroborative written evidence that a contract was made.…
1Opinion of the CourtFletcher, J.
On the 20th day of April, 1907, appellee entered into a verbal contract with appellant, acting by one Van Winkle, its president, to take charge of the company’s oil mill in Gulfport as superintendent of the operating department. Appellee held himself out as a skilled and experienced man in such matters, and Van Winkle agreed to pay him an annual salary of $2,500; the term of service to begin on April 24th and, according to appellee’s contention, to continue for one year. There were certain other inducements and representations dealing with appellee’s status and privileges, in case the plant…
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