While determining whether an oral contract exists, the courts in Texas look at the course of communication that took place between the parties as well as at the circumstances surrounding the communication. Statute of Frauds Limitations to Verbal Contracts In order to avoid defrauding citizens, the ...
You can sue a contractor for breach of contract, even without a written contract. ... Something called the statute of frauds—a legal doctrine describing when a contract must be written in order to be enforceable—does not bar the enforcement of an oral contract for the provision of services...