Kirkpatrick v. Peet

This is an appeal by J. N. Peet, Department of Employment Commissioner, from a decree of the Circuit Court for Marion County declaring that plaintiff was not an employer subject to the Unemployment Insurance Act (ORS Ch 657). The decree reversed the Department’s decision that the services performed by certain individuals for plaintiff constituted employment within the meaning of ORS Ch 657.

Plaintiff is the distributor for Kirby vacuum cleaners and accessories in Benton and Linn Counties. The merchandise was sold through the efforts of door-to-door salesmen. The Department contends that an…