Wooldridge v. Shea
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Patrick F. Shea, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 31st day of July, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 2d day of August, 1918, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The action was brought tb recover damages for a breach of a contract in writing, executed by the parties on the 1st *707day of February, 1916, by which the defendant engaged the services of the plaintiff as leading lady in his stock company at the Holyoke Theatre, Holyoke, Mass., for the period of four weeks commencing on or about May 1, 1916, with a provision for renewals for like periods “ until the beginning of the legitimate season,” provided the average gross receipts for each period of four weeks should exceed $1,300.
The defendant abandoned the project of presenting plays at…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Wakeman v. Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Howard v. . DalyNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Bernstein v. . MeechNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Witherbee v. . MeyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Todd v. KeeneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
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