Cactus Feeders, Inc. v. Wittler

ELLIS, Chief Justice.

In this appeal of a wage claim case arising out of an employee’s discharge, the employer-appellant challenges the trial court’s judgment allowing the employee’s recovery of certain wages and a bonus under an oral employment contract. Reversed and rendered.

Marvin D. Wittier, plaintiff-appellee, herein sometimes called “Wittier,” was an employee of Cactus Feeders, Inc., defendant-appellant, herein sometimes called “Cactus,” a local feedyard which was in the business of feeding cattle and preparing them for market. Wittier, at the time of his discharge, on January 18, 1972,…