Harper v. Cedar Rapids Television Co., Inc.

MASON, Justice.

This appeal by plaintiff, Robert L. Harper, is from the judgment entered in a law action tried to the court. Harper, an employee of The Cedar Rapids Television Company, Inc., a corporation, filed a petition in two divisions against that company as defendant claiming damages by reason of termination of his employment by defendant on September 19, 1972. The trial court found the contract of employment at the time of plaintiff’s discharge “was one of indefinite duration and terminable at will” and dismissed plaintiff’s petition.

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