Thompson v. Burr

This is an action by a discharged employee against his former employer for payment of a bonus of $749.80, which his employer, after discharging the employee, refused to pay. Defendant appeals from a judgment in that amount, with interest and attorney fees, after trial before the court, without a jury.

Defendant contends that he did not “legally obligate” himself to pay the bonus, but that it was a “mere expectation” which was “payable at the choice of the employer,” so as not to become a “contractually binding bonus agreement.”

According to testimony offered by plaintiff, by which this court is…