Williams v. Wilson
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by defendant from an affirmance by the General Term of the City Court of a judgment in favor of plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAdam, J.
The action is by the. plaintiff, a chorus singer, against the defendant, a theatrical manager, on a contract of employment, and is founded on an alleged wrongful discharge.
The plaintiff claimed that he was engaged for a season of thirty-five weeks, commencing September 10, 1894, while the defendant contended that the engagement was for an indefinite period, terminable on two weeks’notice.
■ The defendant, on October 1, 1894, served on the. plaintiff a written notice, stating that the former had availed himself of the usual two wéeks’ clause applicable to such engagements, and that the…
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