Arbuckle

Plaintiff commenced this action to recover from defendant an alleged balance owing to him by defendant for commissions arising from a contract pertaining to the sale of real estate. The complaint sets forth, that at the date of said contract, defendant was engaged in the business of subdividing and improving tracts of real estate in the county of Los Angeles, and had in its employment salesmen for marketing the same; that pursuant to said contract plaintiff entered the employment of defendant, as director of sales and manager of real estate salesmen, and as such director and manager, fully and fairly performed his duties as such; that by the terms of said contract defendant agreed to pay plaintiff for said services one-half of one per cent commission as overriding charge on the first $100,000 of business closed each calendar month by said defendant, and one per cent commission as an overriding charge on all business done by said defendant over, $100,000 each calendar month, to be paid to plaintiff in cash on all sales when one-fourth of the purchase price was paid to defendant by the purchasers of said real estate; that as plaintiff is informed and believes there were a large…