Long v. Foster & Associates, Inc.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
HAMITER, Justice.
Robert C. Long instituted this suit to recover damages ex contractu in the amount of $22,399.68. Allegedly, they arose out of the active breach by the defendant, Foster & Associates, Inc., of a written, five year, employment agreement.
Having concluded that the contract on its face was invalid and unenforceable, because it contained a potestative condition, the district court rendered and signed a judgment sustaining defendant’s exception of no cause of action and rejecting plaintiff’s demands as in case of non-suit.
On appeal the Court of Appeal approved the district court’s…
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