Maxwell v. Cardinal Petroleum Corp.

460 S.W.2d 436 (1970)

A. P. MAXWELL, Appellant,

v.

CARDINAL PETROLEUM CORP., Appellee.

No. 7153.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

September 10, 1970.

Rehearing Denied October 22, 1970.

Second Motion for Rehearing Denied November 25, 1970.

Orgain, Bell & Tucker, Joe Farris, Jr., Beaumont, for appellant.

Mehaffy, Weber, Keith & Gonsolin, Beaumont, Cox, Smith, Smith, Hale & Guenther, San Antonio, for appellee.

PARKER, Chief Justice.

This is an action for damages for breach of an employment contract. Although trial was to a jury, the court instructed the verdict for defendant at the close of…