Wakeman v. Paulson

The plaintiff brought an action for the amount of sales commission allegedly owing him. In a trial before the court alone he obtained a judgment against the defendant Paulson individually and the defendant corporation, B. B. Distributing Co. Although both of these defendants appeal, the principal question is whether the trial court was correct in disregarding the corporate entity and finding Paulson individually liable.

The trial court found that Paulson in his capacity as president of the corporation hired plaintiff as sales manager and Ms compensation was to incMde 10 per cent of the net…