WALKER v. JOHNSON


96 U.S. 424 (1877)

WALKER v. JOHNSON.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Melville W. Fuller for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. Francis Kernan, contra.


MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

The first error arises upon the proposition of defendant, that the contract, being one not to be performed within a year from the time it was made, and resting only in parol, was void, and could not sustain the action. Evidence was given which tended to show that the agreement between plaintiff and defendant was made early in November, 1869, and renewed or modified in...

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