Grey v. Triumph Film Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Triumph Film Corporation, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 6th day of April, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 9th day of April, 1917, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
On the 14th day of February, 1916, the plaintiff entered into an agreement in writing with the defendant, a corporation engaged in manufacturing and producing motion picture films, wherein it is recited that plaintiff is an actress of exceptional and extraordinary ability, and whereby defendant employed her for fifteen consecutive weeks from February 21, 1916, at $500 per week to enact the title role in the production of motion pictures and plays to be selected by it and she agreed to devote her entire time and attention to enacting the title roles and to give her best services…
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- Jackson v. New York Post-Graduate Medical School & HospitalNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1893
- Corrigan v. E. M. P. Producing Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
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