Payne v. Pathe Studios, Inc.

WILLIS, J., pro tem.

Defendant Pathe Studios, Inc., has appealed from a judgment for the sum of $5,000 in favor of plaintiff, as assignee of Zazu Pitts, founded on a contract in writing executed by such defendant and plaintiff’s assignor, and the problem on which the controversy herein centers is the nature or character of the contract— whether only an option on personal services or an agreement of employment with a minimum compensation fixed therein.

The contract is in the form of a letter addressed to Miss Zazu Pitts, dated May 7, 1930, and signed by said defendant, with a signed acceptance…