Task Consultants, Inc. v. Finerty

This appeal is from a judgment of $6,948.57 plus $388.99 interest rendered against Task Consultants, Inc., the appellant here and defendant below, pursuant to a contract of employment, and from an order overruling a motion for new trial. We must decide whether the trial court erroneously construed the employment contract in granting recovery.

The facts show that plaintiff-appellee, James J. Finerty, on August 18, 1972 entered into an agreement with J. Thomas Swinea, who at that time was doing business as J. Thomas Swinea and Associates, to be employed at a salary of $23,000 annually plus…