EASTER v. KASS-BERGER, INC.

No. 1755.

121 A.2d 868 (1956)

Andrew J. EASTER, Appellant, v. KASS-BERGER, Inc., Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided April 3, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Austin Newton, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Henry H. Brylawski, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Andrew Easter brought this action for salary under a two-year contract of employment which he claimed he had with defendant corporation. The trial judge ruled plaintiff's contract was at the most an oral agreement for two years, unenforceable under the statute of frauds1 and directed a verdict for defendant. Plaintiff has appealed.

The facts appear to have been as follows. Negotiations were first entered into...

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