Friedman v. Erste Kaiser Franz Joseph Unterstutzungs Verein
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Fifth District. Action by Israel Friedman against the Erste Kaiser Franz Joseph Unterstutzungs Verein. From a Municipal Court judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGildersleeve, P. J.
The plaintiff was the leader of a band, and he and his band were hired by the defendant to play at a picnic for the agreed sum of $40. After he began to play, one Fischer, the leader of another band, appeared and claimed also to have been hired to play. The defendant’s agent and committee repudiated the hiring of Fischer. Fischer then told the plaintiff and his band that, if they continued to play for the defendant, he (Fischer) would have them all discharged from the union, to which both bands belonged, unless he (Fischer) was settled with for his damages. Plaintiff and his band thereupon…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- City of New York v. Union Railway Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1900