WHITE LIGHTING CO. v. WOLFSON

Docket No. L.A. 29493.

68 Cal.2d 336 (1968)

438 P.2d 345

66 Cal. Rptr. 697

WHITE LIGHTING COMPANY, Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent, v. JAMES A. WOLFSON, Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant; SAMUEL SHAFT et al., Cross-defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 14, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. DeSantis and DeSantis & Gordon for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant.

Staitman & Snyder and Jack M. Staitman for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent and for Cross-defendants and Respondents.


TOBRINER, J.

Although it discusses other matters, this opinion sets forth three principal rulings: first, that the statute of frauds does not apply to an oral employment contract, even though it provides in part for the measurement of the employee's compensation by annual receipts of the employer, unless its terms foreclose the employee's completion of the performance of the contract within one year; second, that the statute of frauds does not apply to an oral contract...

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