Reser v. Fleming

McAllister, judge.

Complainant has been engaged by lumber mills for many years in selling lumber for resale at retail. In the past, for his services, he had been paid a commission on such sales. Wartime scarcities made his representation of the mills unnecessary, for they found no difficulty in selling directly to the lumber companies without the services of a commission salesman. Instead of trying to secure purchasers of their products, they arrived at the point where they couldn’t satisfy the demand. Small retail lumber companies, known as “independents,” that wanted shingles, found it much…