Adams-Riker, Inc. v. Nightingale

The defendant appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $3,009.45 plus interest and costs. The judgment represents the plaintiffs share of an insurance commission allegedly due it pursuant to an oral agreement between the plaintiff and the defendant. The defendant contended in a jury-waived trial held in the Superior Court that (1) the plaintiff had abandoned the oral contract and (2) the statute of frauds barred any enforcement of the agreement. The trial justice found to the contrary. Hereinafter we shall refer to the plaintiff as…