Ho Gate Wah v. Fong Wan

This is an appeal from a decree in a proceeding for declaratory relief.

On February 22, 1949, a written contract was entered into between appellant Fong Wan as the party of the first part and six Chinese actors, all of whom are described therein as citizens and residents of China (one of whom is respondent Ho Gate Wah), as the parties of the second part.

The contract recites that Fong Wan owns and operates several night clubs; that the six actors perform acrobatic acts; that Fong Wan desires to engage them to perform in his night clubs in San Francisco and Oakland “and for other persons in the…