Foy v. Pacific Power & Light Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Franklin county, Oswald, J., entered May 6, 1918, in favor of the defendant, notwithstanding the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action on contract.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
In this action the appellant sought to recover from the respondent for personal services rendered, as she alleges, under an oral contract of employment. To the complaint, which embodied the appellant’s claims, the respondent answered by a general denial. On the issues as thus framed, a trial was *526liad before a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of the appellant for the full amount claimed. After the return of the verdict, the respondent moved for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, which motion the trial court granted, entering a judgment to the effect that the appellant take nothing by…
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