Powless v. PAWTUCKET SCREW COMPANY, INC.

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• holding that oral agreement “for an indefinite term, terminable by either party at will” was not obnoxious to the statute of frauds, even though “the time of performance could have been, and indeed was, extended by the parties beyond a year”
• where duration of oral contract was uncertain and contract could have been performed within one year, statute of frauds does not bar enforcement

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