Gottschalk v. Houston Fire & Casualty Insurance

HAMLIN, Justice.

Plaintiff instituted this suit under the provisions of Article 2749 of the LSA-Civil Code,1 alleging that he was improperly discharged from his position with the defendant company and was due, under his contract of employment, compensation in the sum of $26,002.73. He prosecutes this appeal from a judgment of the trial court dismissing his suit.

The facts of record disclose that Robert F. Gottschalk, plaintiff, was seventy years of age at the time of trial and, except for a short span, had devoted his working years to the insurance profession, engaging principally in general…