Gilliam v. Kouchoucos

This suit involves the application of the Statute of Frauds, *300Article 3995, Section 5,1 2to an oral contract of employment for the term of ten years, and where the testimony also shows that it was agreed that “this contract and agreement shall, however, terminate on the death of the operator.”

The parties are in agreement as to the terms of the oral contract. The question here is whether the agreement is within the prohibition of the statute, notwithstanding the possibility of termination within less than a year by reason of respondent’s death. An analogous question was before this court in the…