Thomas ex rel. Thomas v. Houston, Stanwood & Gamble Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Winn

Affirming.

On April 9th, 1907, the appellee company entered into a written contract of employment of appellant, Thomas, whereby the latter was to work in the manufacturing plant of the former for a period of four years from September 24th, 1906, at an annually increasing scale of hourly wages. In the contract 'it was .agreed that the appellee would-not discharge Thomas “except for neglect of work, inability to perform work in hand, or for bad conduct-. ” • ■. On June 12th, 1908, the company discharged Thomas; whereupon he brought-his action against the-company *157f…