Singer v. Leavitt

Appellee, who was the manager of a theatrical company, on the 18th of July, 1888, entered into a contract with Baker, the owner of a theatre at that time being built on Wabash avenue in Chicago, to play a certain season of one week with his company at said theatre. The time first fixed in the contract for beginning the season was April 7, 1889, but it was afterward changed at the request of Baker to December 10, 1888. Bv the contract appellee was to furnish the stage representations, etc., and was to receive seventy per cent of the gross receipts of each performance, and the said owner of the…