Cain v. Allen Electric & Equipment Co.

In this action the plaintiff, Robert M. Cain, a former employee of the defendant, Allen Electric & Equipment Company, seeks the recovery of severance pay from the defendant corporation.

The cause was submitted upon stipulated facts. Insofar as material to this appeal they disclose that plaintiff Cain was employed by the defendant in the capacity of chief engineer at a, salary of $750 monthly. It is agreed that plaintiff’s status of employment was that of an employee at will during the period here involved. On June 30, 1954, the defendant corporation adopted a “supervisory and office personnel…