Hodge v. Freeman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

The plaintiff’s petition in the court below contained two causes of action. The first sought to recover money due under a written contract entered into with one Jack Yetman on September 24, 1957, which was in part assigned to defendants Arthur T. Freeman, Albert Hayutin, Lyndon Gamelson and Earl Wakefield, for the purpose of managing, handling and promoting the plaintiff as an amateur and professional boxer and wrestler. The second sought to require the defendants to account to him for 50 percent of the net proceeds of “the gate” received by…