Walker v. Dutton

Sidney H. Walker and Mobus, Inc., plaintiffs below, appeal from a final judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of defendant, James E. Dutton, in an action for breach of contract.

Sidney Walker, James Dutton, and a third party formed a computer service corporation: Mobus, Inc. Walker alleged that pursuant to the terms of an oral agreement between him and Dutton, he advanced Dutton education and living expenses for which Dutton was to write computer programs for, organize, and manage Mobus, Inc. Walker allegedly was to be repaid for the advances to Dutton from receipts of Mobus, Inc.…