Essanay Film Mfg. Co. v. Lerche
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Northern District of California; Oscar A. Trippet, Judge; Action by Charlotte Burton Lerche against the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Circuit Judge.
This is an action for damages for breach of contract of employment, brought by Charlotte Burton, a dramatic motion picture actress, against the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company, in which a jury rendered a verdict in favor of the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error in the sum of $8,200, upon which a judgment was duly entered. At the inception of the trial, it appeared that the plaintiff had married since the institution of the action, and upon motion her name was changed, so as to appear as Charlotte Burton Lerche. Throughout the entire proceedings, the…
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