Stitch v. Rohtman

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “cessation . . . would not alter the contractual relationship between the parties; it would not constitute performance; plaintiff would still be in possession of his contractual right, though it may have no monetary value, immediately or ever.”
• finding an oral agreement to be within the statute, even though the defendant’s liability depended on the placing of orders by a third party, which could have ceased within one year
• holding unenforceable oral agreement to pay commissions indefinitely
• Statute of Frauds applied to “agreement between the parties ‘whereby defendant agreed to pay plaintiff a commission of 5% on all sales of syrup made by defendant to [client]’” (quoting answer)
• “The endurance of the defendant’s liability is the deciding factor.”
• “The endurance of defendant’s liability is the deciding factor.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).