Harris v. Wye Tree Experts, Inc.

This case involves a dispute over commissions allegedly due from the appellee Wye Tree Experts, Inc., to its former employee, appellant William P. Harris, IV. The issue which we must decide is whether, under the language of the employment contract, Harris is entitled to commissions for sales he made in 1970, for which customers were sent bills in 1970, but on which the company did not receive payment from its customers until 1971.

Harris was first employed as a salesman by Wye Tree Experts on February 3, 1969. A written “sales employment contract” signed by both parties on that date provided…