Held v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

The plaintiff was employed by the defendant as an insurance agent, and said employment was pursuant to a written contract. Under this contract the plaintiff was allotted a certain district. It was his duty to collect premiums upon industrial insurance in force in that district and he was paid a commission of ten per cent of the total premiums collected. In addition thereto, he was paid twenty-four times the amount of the premium on any new insurance that he might secure, if the insurance was written under the weekly payment plan. If the insurance was paid monthly, his commissions amounted to…