Johnson v. Lipscomb-Weyman-Chapman Co.

W. S. Johnson was an agent in the lease department of Lipscomb-’Weyman-Chapman Company, a real-estate and renting agency, receiving a commission of 60 per cent, of all commissions accruing to the company from rentals where the lease was effected by him. He worked in this capacity from December 9, 1929, until December 24, 1929, when he contracted pneumonia, and died on January 1, 1930. Johnson’s duties consisted in securing tenants for properties not listed with the company, where he could interest both the owner of such property and the prospective lessee. The company’s usual commission where…