Sherman v. Consolidated Dental Manufacturing Co.

Citations

• 202 Pa. 451
• 52 A. 2
• 1902 Pa. LEXIS 544

Syllabus

<p>Master and servant — Manager to make sales — Sales on credit — Compensation of employee.</p> <p>Where a contract of employment of a manager of a branch of a business to make sales provides a compensation for the manager according to the sales, and makes no distinction between sales for cash and sales on credit, and the manager “ agrees in making sales of said goods, that such sales shall be made only to such person or persons as are responsible,” the manager is entitled to compensation for sales on credit and not paid for as well as sales for cash, and this construction of the contract is confirmed by the fact that the manager in his accounts submitted to his employer from time to time claimed compensation for sales on credit, and not paid for, and that such accounts were accepted by the employer without objection.</p>