Crawford v. Peabody Coal Co.

ROETH, PRESIDING JUSTICE.

Suit was brought on an alleged oral contract between plaintiff and defendant, the complaint alleging a contract wherein defendant agreed to pay him $200 per month for life in consideration of the defendant’s agreement to remove himself from the roll of defendant’s employees and the further consideration of plaintiff refraining from working for any other coal mining company. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff upon which the court entered judgment and from which this appeal is perfected by defendant.

Defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying…