Court Opinion

ID: 9729067
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 14:25:45.158718+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:54.994436
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion by
Mb. Justice Bell:
The contract of employment, since it provided no definite term, was either terminable (by either party) at will, which is the general rule, or terminable within a reasonable time. This depends upon the intention of the parties as ascertained from the entire agreement, taking into consideration the surrounding circumstances, the situation of the parties, the objects they apparently have in view, and the nature of the subject-matter of the agreement’ ” . . : Foulke v. Miller, 381 Pa. 587, 593, 112 A. 2d 124; Betterman v. American Stores Company, 367 Pa. 193, 80 A. 2d 66; Price v. Confair, 366 Pa. 538, 79 A. 2d 224.
I believe this contract of employment was for a reasonable time. Six years was more than a reasonable *399time. Plaintiff’s claim was, in my opinion, unjustifiable in law and in equity, and I would enter a judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto.