Seymour v. Oelrichs
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. John J. Van Nostrand, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMelvin, J.
This is the second appeal in this case. The action was for the breach of a contract of employment and although this court held that the conduct of the defendants was such as to estop them from availing themselves of the statute of frauds in defense of the oral contract, provided Herman Oelrichs had written authority to bind his wife, Theresa A. Oelrichs, and her sister, Virginia Vanderbilt, the judgment in favor of the plaintiff was reversed because the record did not disclose such power. (Seymour v. Oelrichs, 156 Cal. 782, [134 Am. St. Rep. 154, 106 Pac. 88].) On the second trial powers of…
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