GAINES v. JONES

No. 73-1090.

486 F.2d 39 (1973)

C. Ed GAINES, Appellant, v. C. W. JONES, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 18, 1973.

Rehearing Denied November 8, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Medley, Farmington, Mo., for appellant.

Harry P. Thomson, Jr., Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, Senior Circuit Judge, and LAY and ROSS, Circuit Judges.


LAY, Circuit Judge.

Under the terms of a written contract the plaintiff, C. Ed Gaines, was employed from October 1, 1969, to December 31, 1971, by the defendants C. W. Jones and C. W. Jones and Jones Investment Company d/b/a Summit Homes and Jomaco, Inc. Gaines' services were terminated on May 15, 1970, and he subsequently sought damages for the alleged breach of contract by the defendants. The contract contained a liquidated damages clause that required the defendants...

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