Polen v. Kansas City Chip Steak Co.

BLAIR, Judge.

This is an action by Jack Polen, a former employee of Kansas City Chip Steak Company, against that company for $2,500.00 which he claims represents a bonus the company orally contracted to pay him at the end of the first year of his employment. The theory of his petition was that the contract was for payment of the bonus to him at the end of that time without any conditions or restrictions governing the obligation of the company to pay. To put it otherwise, if the company retained him in its employ for a year, he was to be paid the bonus regardless of his general performance as…