Griffin v. Brooklyn Ball Club
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Brooklyn Ball Club, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the -office of the clerk of the county of Oneida on the 23d day of April, 1901, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial before the •court without a jury at the Oneida Trial Term.
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Appeal by the defendant, the Brooklyn Ball Club, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the -office of the clerk of the county of Oneida on the 23d day of April, 1901, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial before the •court without a jury at the Oneida Trial Term. The action was brought by plaintiff, a professional base ball player, to recover damages for defendant’s alleged breach of a contract whereby it hired him to play ball for the season of 1899 at a ¡salary of $3,500. The appeal involves a consideration of the constitution of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hiscock, J.:
In 1899 there were twelve different corporations, associations or individuals engaged respectively in managing and conducting a professional base ball club. Each was located in a city by itself. Altogether they constituted what was known as the “ National League and American Association of Professional Base Ball Clubs.”' This league and association was governed and controlled by a constitution and agreement. Of the twelve associations three were, the defendant, engaged in managing and operating a base ball club in the city of Brooklyn; the Cleveland Base Ball Company, engaged in-…
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