Moore v. Smart

Claiming that the appellant had breached a contract by which he employed! the appellee to render personal services for him, the appellee obtained the judgment appealed from therefor. One of the appellant’s complaints is that the court below erred in refusing his request for a directed verdict.

The evidence discloses that in August, 1929, the appellant and the appellee entered into an oral agreement that the appellee should render certain personal services to the appellant for the calendar year 1930; his compensation therefor to be fifty dollars a month for the first eight months, and sixty…