Dockstader v. Reed
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Gus Reed, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 24th day of October, 1907, as enjoins the defendant during the pendency of the action from rendering any professional services as actor for any other person than the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Houghton, J.:
The plaintiff is the proprietor of a minstrel troupe and on the 19th day of March, 1907j the defendant contracted by written agreement ,with him at a stipulated salary per week, to sing and play until the end of the season of 1909.'
The defendant entered upon his employment and continued until September, 1907, when he abandoned his contract, claiming that his health was such that he could not continue singing and traveling about the country and parading the streets in inclement weather. The record contains an affidavit by his physician that to continue in such work and to expose…
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