Dodds & Wedegartner, Inc. v. Reed

BOND, Justice.

Appellant, Dodds & Wedegartner, Inc., by verbal contract employed appellee, L.'P. Reed, to supervise the construction of a portion of state highway No. 40, leading from Athens, Henderson county, to Mabank, Kaufman county, on a time salary and a percentage of the net profit realized on the road improvement. Before the road was completed, appel-lee was transferred from the construction by appellant to another project not involved in this suit. A dispute arose as to the terms of the contract of employment; appellant contends that it employed appellee at a monthly salary of $300 and…