LEE v. JENKINS BROTHERS

Civ. Nos. 5729, 6197.

156 F.Supp. 858 (1957)

Bernard J. LEE, Plaintiff, v. JENKINS BROTHERS and Farnham Yardley, Defendants. Bernard J. LEE, Plaintiff, v. Farnham YARDLEY, Defendant.

United States District Court D. Connecticut.

November 1, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Gruber, Gruber & Turkel, Stamford, Conn. (Milton Turkel, Stamford, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Morgan P. Ames, Cummings & Lockwood, Stamford, Conn. (Edward R. McPherson, Jr., Stamford, Conn., of counsel), for defendants.


LUMBARD, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff brings this action seeking recovery of pension payments on the basis of two alleged oral contracts made in 1920, one being an agreement by Jenkins Brothers, made through its then president Farnham Yardley, to pay the plaintiff a pension of stipulated amount, and the other an agreement by Farnham Yardley to pay the pension if Jenkins Brothers did not. Because the alleged contracts violate the Connecticut Statute of Frauds, § 8293...

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