Dean v. Myers

This is an appeal from a judgment on a verdict awarding $45,000 to plaintiffs, Doyle R. Myers and Alfred R. McCracken, in their suit against William G. Dean, Jr., for breach of a joint venture agreement among the three. Dean argues that the contract was void under the Statute of Frauds and that there was insufficient evidence of breach or damages.

Although Dean raised the Statute of Frauds as an affirmative defense, he admitted the existence of a joint venture agreement and most of its terms in alternative defenses and in his testimony. He also filed a counterclaim based on the contract.

The…