POWERS, Justice.
This is an action of special assumpsit seeking to recover damages for breach of an oral contract of employment not to be performed within the space of one year. The defendant pleaded the statute of frauds to which the plaintiff replied "precludi non" by reason of part performance. The defendant demurred to the plaintiff's replication and the trial justice, holding that part performance is insufficient to avoid the statute of frauds, sustained the...
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