Hahn v. Conried Metropolitan Opera Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Conried Metropolitan Opera Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 4th day of December, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,705, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of December, 1907, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
The defendant appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. The defendant was lessee and manager of *816the Metropolitan Opera House in the city of Hew York, and the plaintiff was in its employ as a member of the chorus in the production of the opera “ Carmen.” The stage setting of the first act of this opera involves the use of what is apparently a bridge over which a number of the members of the company, male and female, pass to and fro. This bridge was constructed upon plans designed by an employee of defendant described as the technical director, and is set…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Butler v. . TownsendNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
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