BLASINGAME v. AMERICAN MATERIALS, INC.


654 S.W.2d 659 (1983)

Larry R. BLASINGAME, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERICAN MATERIALS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

Opinion on Petition to Rehear July 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank C. Gorrell, Jay S. Bowen and C. Dewees Berry, IV, Bass, Berry & Sims, Nashville, George O. Benton, Moss, Benton & Wallis, Jackson, for defendant-appellant.

Edwin C. Townsend, Robert N. Townsend and Edwin Townsend, Jr., Townsend & Townsend, Parsons, for plaintiff-appellee.


OPINION

FONES, Chief Justice.

We granted defendant corporation's Rule 11 application to review a judgment awarding plaintiff $429,000 for fraudulent breach of an oral employment contract, affirmed by the Court of Appeals. Briefly, the issues in this Court are the application of the general Statute of Frauds, the authority of the president and dominant person in the corporation to bind the corporation to an employment contract agreeing to sell a key employee...

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