Rice v. Thompson

POPE, Justice.

The appellant, Robert H. Rice, operating under the name of Mineral Products, was the owner of a manufacturing plant located at Burnet, Texas, where building materials and commercial products were manufactured from a mineral known as vermiculite under license from the Universal Zonolite Company. The appellee, Jack Thompson, was employed by Rice and the question involved in this lawsuit is whether Thompson was employed upon a commission basis or upon a salary basis. J. L. Essex was working for appellant on October 1, 1945, when Thompson -was first employed, and it is undisputed…