Court Opinion

ID: 9591064
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 00:01:50.129187+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:01:07.452960
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Thompson, J.,
dissenting:
Willard, a public relations and advertising man, commenced this action against Buck to recover money claimed to be due for services rendered under an oral agreement to handle the campaign advertising for Buck’s unsuccessful 1963 bid for the office of Las Vegas City Commissioner. The district court ruled in favor of the defendant Buck on the premise that Willard had failed to prove an oral agreement with Buck obligating the latter to pay. I would affirm that determination since the record contains substantial evidence to support it. Slobe v. Kirby Stone, Inc., 84 Nev. 700, 447 P.2d 491 (1968).
The evidence was conflicting and the trial judge was free to resolve the conflicts. Had he accepted Willard’s testimony in full he could have ruled for him without fear of reversal by us. However, he apparently rejected Willard’s version and preferred the evidence submitted in defense, which established that Willard would rely upon one Harry Kaye for the payment of expenses and fees incurred in the handling of Buck’s campaign. I am not willing to assume, as do my Brothers, that the trial court was unaware of the legal presumption mentioned in the majority opinion, and decided the case without considering it.