Read vs. Bertrand, April Term, 1825
“Action to recover the balance of an account of sales rendered by the defendant to plaintiff. The case was, the plaintiff, a merchant of New York, entered into a contract with defendant, then residing in Philadelphia, in the year 1818, to furnish him with a large assortment of jewellery, which he was to take from place to place in the United States to sell for the plaintiff, upon a commission of five per cent, on the invoice prices, and one half of what he might sell them for beyond those prices, the same to be in lieu of expenses and all other charges.