Turnbull v. Northwestern Terra Cotta Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Smith, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after verdict of $1,420.35 for plaintiff, in an action for commissions, as agent,, on sales of goods for defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
Whether plaintiff should recover the amount claimed in his complaint, or defendant recover the counterclaim alleged in its answer, was, by agreement on the trial, made to depend on the character of the plaintiff’s agency. He claimed that it gave him the exclusive right to make sales, at a specified commission to him, of defendant’s wares within the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, so that he would be entitled to the commission on sales made *514by the defendant itself. The defendant claims that he was merely authorized to make such sales as he could, and was to receive pay only for such as he…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Mabray v. Kelly-Goodfellow Shoe Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1898
- Aluminum Products Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
- Cornell v. N. F. C. Engineering Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1966