Jackson v. Blue Flame Gas Company

SPEAR, Justice.

The appellants, a firm of accountants, brought suit in the lower court on an: oral contract for services performed for the r.e.spondent corporation, Blue Flame Gas Company. After a trial before the court sitting without a jury, the appellants were awarded a judgment for a sum less than they sought in their complaint; and they appealed.

Appellants are a two-man certified public accounting partnership. One of the partners, J. Robert Jackson, had done some accounting work for respondent for several years prior to 1961. These services were terminated by respondent because Jackson’s…