Bergere v. Parker
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Harris County Court; Clark C. Wren, Judge. Action by Jeanette and Rose Bergere against B. J. Parker. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal. .
1Opinion of the CourtHiggins, J.
Appellants sued appellee to recover salary alleged to be due upon two written contracts for their services as vaudeville performers. The contracts were made in Parker’s behalf by William Morris, Inc., a booking agency, through its representative, William Grover. One contract called for a week’s service at the Lyric Theatre in Houston for a salary of $125, and the other for a week’s service at The Theatredome in Galveston for a salary of $100. Appellants appeared at the Lyric Theatre and offered to perform, but Parker declined to pay more than $100 for the week’s service. It seems that he had…
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