Hart v. Cort
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, John Oort, from an order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 18th day of June, 1914, affirming a judgment of the City Court of the City of Hew York in plaintiff’s favor, and also the order of the City Court denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial.
1Dissent
Clarke, J. (dissenting):
The action is brought to recover §1,650 license fees claimed to he due under a contract under which the plaintiff gave to *588the defendant the right to represent the play “ La Tosca ” within the United States and the Dominion of Canada until the 1st day of July, 1912. Three hundred and fifty dollars were paid on the execution of the contract, and defendant agreed to pay fifty dollars royalty for each and every performance and to represent said play for at least forty performances, and, failing' to represent the play for forty performances, to pay fifty dollars for each…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Walls v. . BaileyNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Robinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Hostetter v. ParkSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Boorman v. JenkinsNew York Supreme Court · 1834
- Newhall v. . AppletonNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
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