Vickrey v. Sanford

OPINION

BREWSTER, Justice.

In this suit for damages for breach of contract the trial court, following a trial by jury, awarded the plaintiff, Ronald D. Sanford, a judgment against the defendant, Engene Vickrey, in the amount of $1,750.-00 and Vickrey is here appealing from that decree.

Undisputed facts were: In September, 1972, Sanford was an employee at one of Vickrey’s businesses known as the “Sirloin Stockade”; he was manager of it; it was a steakhouse located in Denton, Texas; on Labor Day in 1972 Sanford closed the steakhouse, apparently contrary to orders, and Vickrey’s supervisor, who was…