Berliner v. Bee Em Manufacturing Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Arnold,

Plaintiffs filed a complaint in assumpsit on an oral contract of employment as salesmen on a commission basis, and the defendant filed an answer and amended answer. The commissions were paid in part, but according to plaintiffs’ contentions, were not paid in full in that credit was not given for commissions due from sales to department stores, jobbers and sales in job lots.

The principal question is whether the plaintiffs were entitled to such commissions, i.e. as exclusive sales agents in the territory set forth in the complaint. The jury resolved in favor of…