State Ex Rel. Employment Security Commission v. Champion Distributing Co.

Opposing counsel have stipulated that if the salesmen engaged in distributing the merchandise of the defendant in assigned territory should be classed as employees within the meaning of the statute, the Distributing Company, in that event, having as many as eight employees in its service, would be liable to the contribution; otherwise not. To determine the character or status of the field salesmen in that respect ■ — whether employees or independent contractors, or consignees of the goods they sell, we can not any longer resort wholly to ordinary terms, often themselves wanting in precision,…