Case Name: Marvin RUBIN, Appellant, v. Frank J. SKURKA, Appellee
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1962-03-14
Citations: 355 S.W.2d 555
Docket Number: No. 13899
Parties: Marvin RUBIN, Appellant, v. Frank J. SKURKA, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 355
Pages: 555–555

Head Matter:
Marvin RUBIN, Appellant, v. Frank J. SKURKA, Appellee.
No. 13899.
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. San Antonio.
March 14, 1962.
Glosserman, Alter & Smith, Mitchell S. Rosenheim, San Antonio, for appellant.
Lieck & Lieck, San Antonio, for appellee.

Opinion:
POPE, Justice
Frank J. Skurka sued Marvin Rubin, his employer, for back wages and recovered $1,000.00. The jury found that Rubin had agreed to pay Skurka at the rate of $175.00 per week if Rubin discharged Skurka prior to completion of a year's employment. Rubin did discharge Skurka. Rubin complains that the court erred in sustaining an exception to his answer which pleaded that Skurka was discharged for cause. The court correctly sustained the exception, because it is no defense to a suit for back wages that the employee was discharged for cause. Sooner Broadcasting Company v. Grotkop, Okl., 280 P.2d 457 ; 56 C.J.S. Master and Servant § 87, 89, 92.
The judgment is affirmed.