Bratcher v. Dozier

The petitioner, Stacey Bratcher, sued C. K. Dozier, doing business as Dozier Tractor and Implement Company, the respondent, for sums alleged to be due Bratcher by reason of Dozier’s breach of an oral contract of employment providing for payment of 75% of the gross labor income of respondent’s shop and a weekly guarantee of $100.00. Respondent Dozier, among other defenses, interposed the defense of the statute of frauds, and after a jury trial in the district court of Reeves County the trial court sustained respondent’s motion for judgment based on such defense and overruled petitioner’s…