KEPPEL v. BENNETT, 249 Or. 133 (1968)

437 P.2d 826

KEPPEL, Respondent, v. BENNETT, Appellant.

Oregon Supreme Court.
Argued January 8, Affirmed February 14, 1968

Appeal from Circuit Court, Multnomah County.

JOHN J. MURCHISON, Judge.

AFFIRMED.

Walter H. Evans, Jr., Portland, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was William D. Peek, Portland.

John L. Schwabe, Portland, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

Before PERRY, Chief Justice, and O’CONNELL and DENECKE, Justices.

PER CURIAM.

This is an action at law to recover legal fees for services performed by a law firm which assigned the

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claim to plaintiff. Defendant appeals from a judgment entered on a verdict for plaintiff.

The question is whether defendant is liable for legal services performed primarily for various corporations in which defendant held the controlling interest. Defendant contends that the services were performed for the corporations and not for him individually and that his oral promise to pay the legal fees was void under the Statute of Frauds as an agreement to answer for the debt of another. ORS 41.580 (2).

There was sufficient evidence to support a verdict based upon the theory that defendant, and not the corporations, contracted for the services.

Judgment affirmed.

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