Corrigan v. E. M. P. Producing Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The E. M. P. Producing Corporation, from two determinations and orders of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, one in each action, in plaintiff’s favor, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 1st dáy of February, 1917, affirming judgments of the Municipal Court of the City of New York, borough of Manhattan, Fifth District, entered upon verdicts of a jury, and defendant also appeals from the original judgments of the…
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Appeal by the defendant, The E. M. P. Producing Corporation, from two determinations and orders of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, one in each action, in plaintiff’s favor, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 1st dáy of February, 1917, affirming judgments of the Municipal Court of the City of New York, borough of Manhattan, Fifth District, entered upon verdicts of a jury, and defendant also appeals from the original judgments of the Municipal Court and the orders entered in said court denying defendant’s motion for a new trial in each action.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
There are two actions, one for wages alleged to be due up to the timé of the discharge and the second for damages for wrongful discharge. They were tried together. The plaintiff is a motion picture actor and was employed in the star part of a certain motion picture under a contract which provides: “ The Corporation shall employ the Artist, and the Artist shall render his services to the Corporation in acting, posing for and participating in the production of one (1) feature motion picture for a period of not less than three (3) weeks, beginning at a time subsequent to December 1,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Jerome v. . Queen City Cycle Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Macauley v. Press Publishing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
- Costet v. JeantetAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
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- Pollak v. Danbury Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- Farquhar v. American Code Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
- Grey v. Triumph Film Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917