Welch v. Adams

This is an action upon a contract. The plaintiff prevailed, and the defendant appeals.

The defendant employed the plaintiff to solicit advertisements, and agreed to pay him one-half of the amount paid by the advertisers, as follows: One-fourth of the contract price for every advertisement whenever a contract should be received- and accepted, “balance of commission payable as the contracts are collected by the said party of the first part.” The plaintiff alleged in his petition that the defendant had received and accepted orders secured by the plaintiff aggregating $2,659.25, “and the defendant…