89 Neb. 619 | Neb. | 1911
Tbe defendant employed tbe plaintiff under a written contract as follows: “We, Cusbman Motor Co., party of tbe first part, and L. Kinder, party of tbe second part,
The defendant insists that it had a right to discharge the plaintiff if it became dissatisfied with his services, and that under the terms of this contract the company was under no obligation to show the grounds upon which its dissatisfaction rested. We think that this is the proper construction of the contract. The parties were neither of them under any disability, and were competent to make such contract as they, saw fit to make. The provision is that the “contract shall hold good only as long as both parties are satisfied.” When one party was dissatisfied, of course both parties were not satisfied, and the contract was at an end.
The defendant also insists that it was only in case both parties were not satisfied that the plaintiff was entitled to receive a proportion of the agreed bonus. The defendant admits that it wag dissatisfied, and that, if the plaintiff had also been dissatisfied, he could havé recovered the proportion of the bonus. The whole ground of the defense, then, is that the plaintiff was willing to continue in the employment. We do not think that the contract will bear
The judgment of the district court is right and is
Affiemed.