Fredericks v. Red-E-Gas Co.

HOUSER, Commissioner.

Action by Clyde F. Fredericks, employee, against Red-E-Gas Company, employer, for breach of contract, refusal to pay commissions and salary and for wrongful discharge after working ten months under a two-year oral contract of employment. Employer appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County for $4,300 entered upon a jury verdict for employee.

*711The petition alleged an oral agreement between plaintiff and defendant’s officers in January, 1954 to employ plaintiff as sales manager for at least two years; an assurance that the agreement would be put in…