Legal Opinion
Oliphant v. New York Yankers, Inc.
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided March 31, 1964PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtWilliam Kapelman, J.
The parties have stipulated on the record by their attorneys, pursuant to rule 2104 of the Civil Practice Law and Buies to the facts. In summary, they are:
David Oliphant, the son of plaintiffs, then 17 years of age, was signed on June 30, 1953 to a contract as a ballplayer with a team affiliated with the defendant. The boy was paid $200 per month with an additional payment of $2,000 on September 15, 1953, as a bonus for having been retained by the team at the end of the season. Thereafter, David was signed to another contract with a second of defendant’s farm teams, and as of September, 1955…
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