Sanger v. . French
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the late General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 30,1895, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon the report of Daniel G. Rollins, referee, and granting a new trial.
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Appeal from an order of the late General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 30,1895, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon the report of Daniel G. Rollins, referee, and granting a new trial. This was an action in equity; the relief demanded by the complaint was “ that the plaintiff and defendant may he adjudged equal copartners in the ownership, production and management of the play ‘ Little Lord Fauntleroy/ and to be entitled to the profits arising from the production and management thereof equally, share and share alike,” and that…
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
The questions litigated in this action were questions of fact. The plaintiff was the manager of a theatre. The defendant was the junior member of a firm composed of himself and his father, known as the firm of Samuel French & Son, having an office or place of business both in FTew York and London. The defendant represented his firm in this country, and his father had charge of the firm business in Europe. The business of the firm ivas the purchase and leasing or subletting of plays and dramas to theatres and theatrical managers in the United States and Canada, subject to the payment of…
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