Blackwood v. Lansing Chamber of Commerce

The plaintiff, who was a vendor of talent for local Chautauquas, entered into a written agreement with defendant in November, 1909, to hold a Chautauqua in Lansing in the summer of 1910, and to furnish the speakers and entertainers therefor. The contract was as follows:

“This contract entered into the 18th day of November, 1909, by and between S. E. Blackwood, representing the Redpath-Slayton Company of Chicago, party of the first part, and the Lansing Business *322Men’s Association, of the second part, witnesseth: That said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sale of five…