Scribner v. National Refining Co.

Respondent, as plaintiff, sued for the recovery of salary and commissions earned as a salesman. A trial to a jury was had, resulting in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $1,050. From a judgment on the verdict, the defendant has appealed.

The respondent testified in a rather general and vague way to an agreement made the latter part of the year 1928 or early in 1929 by which he was employed as a salesman on a straight salary of one hundred and fifty dollars per month, plus commissions, on oil sold. The purpose of the employment was to introduce and sell in Seattle and vicinity a…