Briscoe v. Litt
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by defendant from an affirmance by the City Court, General Term, of a judgment in favor of plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAdam, J.
The action is to recover damages from the defendant, a theatrical manager, for a breach of contract to employ the plaintiff “ to perform for him as actress, to sing and act in the drama Ole Olson, for the season of 1894 and 1895, being about thirty weeks, at a salary of $30 per week.”
The main dispute was as to the duration of the plaintiff’s engagement— whether it was to continue only for the Ole Olson season, that is, as understood in the theatrical profession, during *6the run of that play; or for an entire dramatic season, which is a period of not less than thirty weeks.
' The plaintiff…
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