Garnhart v. Rentchler

Citations

• 72 Ill. 535

Syllabus

<p>1. Principal and agent—compensation of the latter. Where a principal authorized his agent to sell machines for him, and to make certain representations in regard thereto, and the agent was to receive a per cent out of the proceeds of sales made by him, and the agent makes sales, but the machines were all returned, because of their not coming up to the representation made in regard to them by the authority of the principal, it was held, that the agent could recover the amount of his per cent upon the sales so made by him, he having done all the contract required of him, and failed to get his pay through the fault of his principal.</p> <p>2. Under a contract to pay an agent a commission on sales made by him, he can only recover for sales made, and not upon contracts to sell.</p>