SMITH v. BELOIT CORP.

No. 131.

40 Wis.2d 550 (1968)

162 N.W.2d 585

SMITH, Respondent, v. BELOIT CORPORATION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided November 26, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by William S. Wood and Nowlan, Mouat, Lovejoy, McGuire & Wood, all of Janesville, and oral argument by William S. Wood.

For the respondent there was a brief by Cleland P. Fisher and George H. Murwin, both of Janesville, and oral argument by Mr. Fisher.


ROBERT W. HANSEN, J.

Plaintiff's position is that the parties entered into a contract for "permanent" employment, meaning employment for as long as the plaintiff performed this work properly and the defendant continued to be engaged in the business in which connection it hired plaintiff. Defendant's position is that the contract was terminable at will by either employer or employee with no fixed period of employment guaranteed. On the record as here established, neither...

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