Chessher v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.

Paul G. Chessher instituted this suit against Southwestern Bell Telephone Company seeking damages for breach of employment contract, wrongful discharge, fraud, and misrepresentation. Summary judgment was rendered in favor of Southwestern Bell on the basis of the Statute of Frauds, Tex.Bus. & Comm.Code Ann. art. 26.01(b)(6) (1977), and the court of appeals affirmed in an unpublished opinion. Tex.R. Civ.P. 452. We reverse the judgments of the courts below and remand the cause to the trial court.

The record discloses that the sole ground upon which Southwestern Bell sought summary judgment was…