Legal Opinion

Salter v. Jones

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 31, 1961No. 5457PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LANGDON, Chief Justice.

This is a suit brought by Harry M. Jones, appellee, against his employer, Juanita Salter, appellant herein. Appellee sought to recover the sum of $2,500.00 paid by him to his employer under the terms of a written contract of employment. The contract specified that the $2,500.00 would be returned to appellee if his employer released him “for any reason”, but in the event the employee (appellee) himself “terminated” his employment, the $2,500.00 was to be kept and retained by the employer.

The contract was dated March 7, 1959, and appellee commenced working for appellant…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Northern Irr. Co. v. DoddCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
  2. Gray v. TaylorCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1940
  3. Moran v. Wotola Royalty Corp.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1938

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Tractebel Energy Marketing, Inc. v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2003
  2. Erickson v. RoccoCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968
  3. Solomon v. Greenblatt, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1991
  4. Hennigan v. Chargers Football Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  5. Charles T. Hennigan v. Chargers Football Company, a Partnership, D/B/A the San Diego Chargers, and Eugene v. Klein and Samuel Schulman, General Partners in That Partnership, and Third-Party v. Houston Oilers, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970

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