Burens v. Wolfe Wear-U-Well Corp.

Plaintiff obtained a judgment against the corporation for $800 actual and $200 punitive damages upon his petition charging that the corporate manager wrongfully, wilfully and maliciously refused to issue him a service letter upon the termination of his employment as required by Section 4588, Revised Statutes Missouri, 1929. T.W. Dawson was the superintendent and manager of the corporation and was joined in the suit as a codefendant.

At the close of plaintiff's evidence the court marked given an instruction to the effect that under the law and the evidence the verdict must be in favor of…