Monroe
Monroe v. Grolier Society of London
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Petition for hearing after decision of the District Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, Plummer, J., writing the opinion of the court. Upon a more thorough investigation of this case than we were able to give it on the petition for hearing we have concluded that the decision of the District Court of Appeal fully and correctly decided the cause and we therefore adopt its opinion as the decision of this court.
“Plaintiff had judgment against the defendant in this action for the sum of $2,180.68 alleged to be due as commissions earned on a certain contract of employment hereinafter set forth. From this judgment the defendant appeals.
“The plaintiff in his complaint asks for the sum of $3,099.78, against which the court allowed a counterclaim or offset in favor of the defendant in the sum of $919.10. The defendant, in its answer, set up a counterclaim against the plaintiff in the sum of $795. This counterclaim was allowed in the amount just stated, as an offset to plaintiff’s demand.
“The record shows that the defendant is a corporation engaged in the business of selling books; that during the time hereinafter mentioned the plaintiff was employed by the defendant as the…