Legal Opinion
Hurt v. Standard Oil Company of Texas
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 16, 1969No. 6029PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WARD, Justice.
This is an action for breach of a contract to employ the appellant permanently to age 65. Trial was to a jury, and at the conclusion of all the testimony the trial court granted the appellee’s motion for an instructed verdict. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
Appellant went to work for the appellee at its El Paso refinery in the year 1930, when he was a young man, and according to his testimony, at all times while he was employed he was encouraged by his superiors to make his employment a “lifetime work”, or a “career of employment”, and testified to the refinery…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Chevalier v. Lane's, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1948
- Hall v. HallTexas Supreme Court · 1957
- Gilliam v. KouchoucosTexas Supreme Court · 1960
- Wright v. DonaubauerTexas Supreme Court · 1941
- Jackman v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1942
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Benoit v. Polysar Gulf Coast, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1987
- Webber v. M.W. Kellogg Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1986
- The Neiman-Marcus Group, Inc. v. David Dworkin, David Dworkin v. Carter Hawley Hale Stores, Inc., Neiman-Marcus Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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