Pawlowski v. Woodruff

Plaintiff has recovered on a contract by which defendant, a musician, engaged her as “ exclusive manager.” This imports that plaintiff was to serve as manager. Wood v. Duff-Gordon, 222 N. Y. 88. The agreement further provided that plaintiff was to secure profitable engagements for defendant and to receive as compensation ten per cent of defendant’s “ earnings in the profession of music.”

The judgment is challenged solely because plaintiff had not procured a license under section 172 of the General Business Law, which provides that every “ theatrical employment agency ” must be licensed, and…