Carroll v. Reuben H. Donnelly Corp.

Smith, P. J.,

This matter comes before the court on two motions: one for a judgment non obstante veredicto and the other for a new trial. These motions were both filed by defendant.

The Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation is engaged in the business, inter alia, of obtaining advertisements from business people for the classified section of the telephone directory of the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania. Plaintiff, Anthony M. Carroll, was one of the solicitors employed by it in March 1941, to secure advertisements for this directory. The agreement between the parties was an oral one. Under its…