Wiruth v. Hillcrest Memorial Hospital

This is an action commenced in the district court of Tulsa county by plaintiffs in error, Rose Wir-uth and Emma Wiruth, sisters, against Hillcrest Memorial Hospital, a corporation, and Bryce L. Twitty, to recover damages in the sum of $57,400 for the breach of a contract of employment.

Plaintiffs claim that defendants employed them to manage and operate a lying-in hospital in Tulsa, Okla., at a salary of $175 per month each, said employment to commence December 15, 1943, and continue so long as plaintiffs were able to work, or, as expressed in the alleged contract, as long as they could walk;…