Collier v. Myers

The plaintiff is an actress. Defendants are theatrical booking agents and have been theatrical managers. They sent for W. P. Lewis, an actor, and offered an engagement for one week in ¡Newark to plaintiff and her troupe at the rate of $200 per week. Lewis reported the offer to plaintiff who told him to accept the same. He called again on defendants and told them of plaintiff’s acceptance. They drew up an agreement, part of which was a general printed form of theatrical employment and part written in typewriting to suit the individual case., The preamble of this agreement read as follows:…