Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/4/1993

Boothby v. Texon, Inc.

Citations

608 N.E.2d 1028
414 Mass. 468
8 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 674
1993 Mass. LEXIS 113

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“The Statute of Frauds 'applies only to contracts which by their terms cannot be performed within the year. It does not apply to contracts which may be performed within, although they may also extend beyond, that period.’ ”
“Because [the plaintiffs] contract was for permanent employment, it could have been performed within one year: ... [the defendant] could have discontinued its business, at which point its obligation to employ [the plaintiff] would end.”
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\[t]he question of satisfactory performance is a question of fact\
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