Foerster v. Peoples

DENTON, Chief Justice.

This is a suit seeking to recover money due under an oral contract of employment. Appellee, Louis Peoples, was employed for a period of one year by appellant to perform general farming duties. Peoples was to receive a salary of $30.00 per week plus the proceeds from ten acres of cotton. The employment began January 1, 1960, and ended on or about July IS of that same year. Peoples filed this suit alleging a breach of a contract and seeks damages therefor. Appellant filed a cross-action alleging appellee’s failure to perform the contract of employment, and plead an…