Goben v. Barry

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Herd, J.:

This is an action for breach of contract and for an accounting and dissolution of a corporation.

The appellant, William Goben, and the appellee, Bernard Barry, met in 1977 when both started working for National Crude, Inc. Barry worked for only two weeks but Goben continued his employment, during which time Goben and Barry kept in touch.

From his experience with National Crude, Goben concluded he could sell oil and gas drilling deals for himself as easily as for others. He discussed organizing his own oil company with Barry and two or three…