Frazer & Torbett, CPA's v. Kunkel

DAVISON, Justice.

Frazer & Torbet, CPA’S (defendant below) appeals from a judgment rendered on jury verdict for $1250 in favor of Elmer M. Kunkel (plaintiff below). Plaintiff was a former employee of defendant and the judgment represents recovery of a $250 Christmas bonus and $1000 arising from a profit sharing agreement that plaintiff claimed the defendant owed him.

Plaintiff’s petition reflects that the basis of his action was that in August, 1958, he was employed by defendant, on a monthly salary, to do accounting work; that defendant had a Christmas bonus plan, “which was discretionary only…