Court Opinion

ID: 9643854
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 20:41:53.396758+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:04.461634
License: Public Domain

SHANNON, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the judgment of affirmance.
For nearly one hundred years, the rule in Texas has been that when the term of employment is left to the discretion of either party, or the term is indefinite or determinable by either party, either party may terminate the employment at will without cause. Eastline & R. R. R. Co. v. Scott, 72 Tex. 70, 10 S.W. 99 (1888); Watson v. Zep Mfg. Co., 582 S.W.2d 178 (Tex.Civ.App.1979, writ ref’d n. r. e.).
*678The law foreclosing the question in this appeal is clear; equally clear is the obligation of this intermediate Court to apply that law.