Case Name: STEGALL v. S. S. KRESGE COMPANY
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1973-04-03
Citations: 128 Ga. App. 679
Docket Number: 47750
Parties: STEGALL v. S. S. KRESGE COMPANY.
Judges: Deen and Quillian, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 128
Pages: 679–679

Head Matter:
47750.
STEGALL v. S. S. KRESGE COMPANY.
Argued January 2, 1973
Decided April 3, 1973.
White, Webb & Jewett, C. Lawrence Jewett, for appellant.
Paul & Hoover, William B. Paul, J. Roy Weathersby, for appellee.

Opinion:
Bell, Chief Judge.
A complaint should not be dismissed unless the averments disclose with certainty that the plaintiff would not be entitled to relief under any state of facts which could be proved in support of the claim. Harper v. DeFreitas, 117 Ga. App. 236 (1) (160 SE2d 260). Plaintiffs complaint alleges a claim for wrongful discharge from employment. Defendant's motion to dismiss was granted. The defendant asserts the correct legal principle that a contract of employment for an indefinite period may be terminated at will by either party (Code § 66-101). However, the complaint does not affirmatively show that the contract of employment was for an indefinite period. The trial court erred in sustaining the motion to dismiss.
Judgment reversed.
Deen and Quillian, JJ., concur.