Welty v. Jacobs
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Coupt for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Barton Payne, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
This was a bill for an injunction, filed December 28, 1895, in the Superior Court of Cook county, by the appellant, in which he alleged that he was a theatrical manager and proprietor; that on April 9,1895, he entered into a written contract with H. R. Jacobs, manager, and representing M. J. Jacobs, proprietor, of the Alhambra Theater in Chicago, to play his company in the “Black Crook” at such theater for seven consecutive nights, commencing December 29, 1895; that Jacobs was to furnish the house, well cleaned, lighted and heated, together with the stock, scenery and equipments contained…
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