Legal Opinion
Fortune v. National Cash Register Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 20, 1977PublishedCited by 498 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
Orville E. Fortune (Fortune), a former salesman of The National Cash Register Company (NCR), brought a suit to recover certain commissions allegedly due as a result of a sale of cash registers to First National Stores Inc. (First National) in 1968. Counts 1 and 2 of Fortune’s amended declaration claimed bonus payments under the parties’ written contract of employment. The third count sought recovery in quantum meruit for the reasonable value of Fortune’s services relating to the same sales transaction. Judgment on a jury verdict for Fortune was reversed by the Appeals Court, Fortune v.…
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