Davilla v. Boswell

FOURNET, Justice.

Plaintiff, Joseph John Davilla, instituted this suit against the Boswell sisters — Martha, Connie, and Vet — on January 7, 1935, to recover the sum of $7,300 for damages arising out of an alleged breach of a verbal contract entered into between them on or about April 23, 1926.

The basis of plaintiff’s action is the failure of defendants to carry out their part of a verbal agreement under the terms of which the plaintiff allegedly agreed to and did make, at his own expense, a moving picture of the three sisters while in the act of singing, and the defendants agreed to appear…