Gray v. Shell Petroleum Corp.

In December, 1927, the plaintiff-appellee, II. E. Gray, began selling for the defendant-appellant, Shell Petroleum Corporation, petroleum products at Washington, Iowa, from a tank delivery truck. Appellant employed appellee upon a commission basis. ‘ This- business relationship existed between" appellant and appellee until March 12, 1929.

On July 27, 1928, appellant audited the appellee’s books and made an inventory of the stock in his possession. A shortage was alleged to have been found in the sum of $252.31. Following the audit, the appellee, on August 12, 1928, signed a note for the amount…