Legal Opinion
Selig v. Bergman
Washington Supreme Court
Decided September 8, 1953No. 32415PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
This is an action by an employer to recover from a former salesman employee the amount by which the advances made to the salesman during the years 1950 and 1951 exceeded his commissions earned during those years.
The issue in the lower court and here is whether the advances made by the employer to the salesman employee represented an unconditional obligation requiring repayment or a conditional obligation to be repaid from commissions earned. The trial court took the latter view and dismissed the action.
No agreement covering the repayment of advances in excess of commissions earned was…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- North-Western Mutual Life Insurance v. MooneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Schlesinger v. BurlandNew York Supreme Court · 1903
- Richmond Dry Goods Co. v. WilsfnWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1928
- Peterson v. SchoonoverWashington Supreme Court · 1953
- Shaler Umbrella Co. v. BlowWisconsin Supreme Court · 1929
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Perma-Home Corp. v. NigroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
- Hamilton Fire Insurance Company v. CervantesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1955
- Agnew v. CameronCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1967
- Badger v. Nu-Tone Products Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1967
- Fletcher, Barnhardt & White, Inc. v. MatthewsCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1990
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