Hart v. International Telephone & Telegraph Corp.

KLINGEMAN, Justice.

This is a suit by Ruby Lee Hart against International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation for commissions under a verbal contract for work performed by Ruby Lee Hart during the year 1972. Defendant filed an answer which included a plea that plaintiff’s cause of action was barred by the statute of limitations. Defendant also filed a counter-claim for an alleged breach of a covenant not to compete which was contained in a previous written contract, but this counter-claim was severed. Trial was to a jury, but after the completion of plaintiff’s evidence, the trial court…