Hart v. Cort
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the City Court of the city of New York, entered upon the verdict of the jury, and from an order denying the plaintiff’s motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtPage, J.
The action is brought upon a contract by which the plaintiff granted to the defendant a license to produce the play “La Tosca” within the United States and Canada, during a limited term, upon the payment of a royalty of fifty dollars for each performance, the defendant agreeing to give at least forty performances.
The defendant did not produce the play and plaintiff’s action is to recover the sum of $2,000, less the sum of $350 paid on account upon signing the contract. The answer admits the making of the contract and that the-defendant did not produce the play, and by *46way of defense sets…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Marlatt v. Erie RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
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