Hall v. Hall

The respondent-plaintiff, H. D. Hall, sued the petitioners-defendant, J. D. Hall, Jr., et al., a manufacturing partnership, for breach of an oral contract whereby the respondent-plaintiff was to represent the partnership in “developing” a theretofore untapped sales territory, consisting of approximately the northeast quarter of the United States, and selling therein at a 12% commission a principal product of the petitioners-defendant, being a door light called “Visador.” Among other defenses the petitioners-defendant pleaded paragraph 5 of Art. 3995, Vernon’s Texas Civ. Stats., barring action…