(DOWNLOAD) "William C. Alldredge v. Twenty-Five" by Missouri Court of Appeals Kansas City District ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: William C. Alldredge v. Twenty-Five
- Author : Missouri Court of Appeals Kansas City District
- Release Date : January 06, 1974
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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This is an appeal from a judgment for $6,974.48 in favor of the respondent and against the appellant in a court-tried case
based upon a written contract of employment and involving respondent's claim for "termination payment" thereunder. The court
below was not requested to, and did not, make any specific findings of fact or Conclusions of law nor file a written opinion
as contemplated by Rule 73.01(b) but entered a general verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff-employee. All fact issues
shall, therefore, be "deemed found in accordance with the result reached." Rule 73.01(b). Our review is upon both the law
and the evidence as in suits of an equitable nature, and the judgment below shall not be set aside unless clearly erroneous,
and we give due regard to the superior opportunity of the trial court to Judge the credibility of the witnesses. Rule 73.01(d).
Coach House of Ward Parkway, Inc. v. Ward Parkway Shops, Inc., 471 S.W.2d 464, 465 (Mo. 1971); Mission Insurance Co. v. Ward,
487 S.W.2d 449, 451 (Mo.banc 1972). We have carefully reviewed the transcript of the evidence, the exhibits and the briefs of the parties and find that there
is very little factual dispute in this case. The defendant offered no evidence. This case, in essence, resolves to the narrow
point of the interpretation to be given an employment contract between the parties, which contract is unambiguous and clear.
We have concluded that the court below reached the right result and we affirm.