Terry v. Zachry

POPE, Justice.

Appellant, Tom N. Terry, appeals from an order sustaining a summary judgment in favor of H. B. Zachry, defendant below. Terry claimed that Zachry tortiously interfered with a contract between Terry and H. B. Zachry Company, a private corporation. The controlling point in the case is whether there was an interference by a corporate officer, such as is prohibited by law.

Terry and the corporation entered into a written employment contract in 1946, by the terms of which Terry agreed to manage the Rancho Blanco farm which belonged to the corporation. The corporation agreed to pay…