Jim Howe Homes, Inc. v. Rogers
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
POWERS, Justice.
Jodi Rogers recovered damages and attorney’s fees in her breach-of-contract action against her former employer Jim Howe Homes, Inc. (the “Company”). The Company appeals. We affirm the trial-court judgment in part and reverse and render judgment in part.
THE CONTROVERSY
Rogers sold real estate for the Company, receiving commissions for sales that were consummated. When she left the Company’s employ in 1986, she had negotiated 20 sales contracts that had not been consummated. Thirteen of them were consummated thereafter. The Company refused to pay her a commission on the 13 sales…
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