Leavitt v. de Vries
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Henry de Vries, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 16th day of January,. 1908, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the. 8tli day of January, 1908, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. .
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The action is on claims assigned to plaintiff by Michael B. Leavitt. Three causes of action are set forth in the complaint but upon the trial the plaintiff' stood upon the first and waived the second and third. The plaintiff’s assignor was' a theatrical manager and the defendant is an actor by profession. Plaintiff’s assignor and one McLellan were copartners as theatrical managers. On or about -the 19th day of Hovember, 1905, plaintiff’s assignor and McLellan entered into a contract in writing with the defendant, under date of the 23d day of October, 1905, concerning the…
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