Weinberg v. Belond
Weinberg v. Belond
Opinion of the Court
Plaintiff Weinberg sued Los Ángeles Knitwear Company, a corporation, and others, to recover commissions for sales of merchandise manufactured and jobbed by defendants; he recovered judgment for $3,084.70 against appellants D. J. Belond, Los Angeles Knitwear Company, a corporation, and Morris P. Kaplar. The sole contention on the appeal is that there was an insufficiency of evidence to justify the material findings.
Plaintiff was employed by Belond and Kaplar while they were doing business as Los Angeles Knitwear Company; the corporation of the same name later took over the business and assumed its obligations. The court found that plaintiff sold for and on behalf of Belond and Kaplar $224,515 worth of merchandise; that defendants delivered $123,678.55 net of merchandise to customers solicited and sold by plaintiff, for which defendants agreed to pay plaintiff, $7,420.71,- that $4,336.01 had been paid, leaving a balance of $3,084.70, for which judgment was given. Plaintiff’s earnings were computed upon the basis of 6 per cent of the value of merchandise delivered and the amount for which judgment was given represents the difference between 6 per cent and 3% per cent of sales and deliveries of merchandise to J. C. Penney Company and another customer, upon orders admittedly solicited and sold by plaintiff. The dispute was whether plaintiff was to receive 3% per cent or 6 per cent on such sales. The evidence was conflicting on this point. Sufficient of the'evidence will be mentioned to make clear that such conflict existed. While it is admitted by defendants that plaintiff was employed by oral agreement for a compensation of 6 per cent of the price of goods delivered, it is contended that upon the sales in question there was a special agreement for a commission of 3% per cent. It is not denied that plaintiff obtained orders in the amount found by the court. Defendant Belond testi
At the conclusion of the trial defendants amended their answer to plead an accord and satisfaction. In an attempt to prove that plaintiff had been paid in full they produced a number of checks payable to plaintiff, and cashed by him, which bore notations “commission in full to date” and wording of like import. These checks, it is contended by defendants, and not denied by plaintiff, represented some commissions at 3% per cent. Defendants also produced a letter written by plaintiff mentioning a shipment to Penney of $1,200 worth of goods and asking for his commission thereon of $420, and they produced another letter in which plaintiff had figured commissions on shipments at 3% per cent. It is the contention that by the receipt of these payments plaintiff became estopped to claim a greater commission
The judgment is affirmed.
Wood, J., and Kincaid, J. pro tem., concurred.
Appellants’ petition for a hearing by the Supreme Court was denied October 2, 1947.
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