Fox v. International Hotel Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Mary A. Fox, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 26th day of August, 1898, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial before the court without a jury at the Erie Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, J.:
On the 10th day of December, 1894, the plaintiff and the defendant entered into a written contract by the terms of which the former was to conduct the defendant’s hotel at Niagara Falls for the term of five years, for which she was to receive an annual compensation of $2,000, and a certain proportion of the net profits of the business. Among its various provisions the contract in question contained the following, viz.: “ It is further understood and agreed that this contract may be terminated by either party, giving to the other three month’s notice before May 1st of any year during…
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