Kuehl v. DIESEL POWER EQUIPMENT CO.

Appellee, Christian E. Kuehl, Jr., filed suit in what was then the municipal court of the city of Omaha, seeking $4,737.97 in wages and commissions allegedly due him from appellant, Diesel Power Equipment Company, Inc., under an oral employment contract, and an attorney fee. Diesel Power answered Kuehl’s petition and counterclaimed for $7,702.95 in alleged costs and expenses incurred in covering Kuehl’s territory for a period during which Kuehl allegedly could not be found. Following a bench trial, the municipal court dismissed both Kuehl’s petition and Diesel Power’s counterclaim. Both…