Hart v. Thompson

This action was brought to recover damages for an alleged breach of a contract of employment. The plaintiff claimed that between the 17th of February, 1888, and the 15th of August of the same year, he entered into a contract with the defendants to perform certain services for them in playing, as a professional actor, a part or character in a play called the “Two Sisters,” for a period of 43 weeks, at the agreed salary of $75 per week. The defendants denied the making of the contract, and alleged that the plaintiff was not engaged for any definite period, and that they had the right to…