Hart v. Thompson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Denman Thompson and another, 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 4tli day of October, 1895, upon the report of a referee.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
This action was brought to recover damages for a breach of a contract, whereby the plaintiff was to perform certain work, labor *184and services as a professional actor in a certain part or character called “ Hiram Pepper,” in a drama, comedy or play called “ The Two Sisters; ” “ that is to say, for a period of forty weeks beginning in August, 1888, at the agreed salary or compensation of seventy-five dollars per week for each'and every week during said theatrical season.” The answer of the defendants denies the making of the contract or agreement alleged in the complaint, and…
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