Strout v. Wayne Tank & Pump Co.

THE COURT.

An action to recover the balance of a commission claimed by the plaintiff for services rendered to the defendant, an Indiana corporation, in the sale of an industrial water softener.

The plaintiff was employed by the corporation as its district manager, with the exclusive right to sell in that part of California lying north of the southern boundary lines of Monterey, Fresno, and Mono Counties certain machinery which the corporation manufactures. Under his contract the plaintiff was to be paid as compensation for the sale of industrial water softeners a commission of twenty per cent…