Dixey v. A. H. Woods Productions Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, A. H. Woods Productions Company, 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 30th day of December, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said- clerk’s office on the same day denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Dowling, J.:
Plaintiff and defendant on June 29, 1911, entered into a contract in writing whereby the former was to render services for the latter as an actor, supporting Marguerita Sylva in a play called “ Gypsy Love” from the opening date, which was to be about October 1, 1911, to, or about, December 16, 1911, at a' weekly salary of $600, and thereafter, and on or about December 23, 1911, defendant was to star plaintiff in a play called “ The Greyhound ” (provided the play proved satisfactory to the managers), and pay him for his services ten per cent of the gross weekly receipts,…
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- Baldwin v. . HumphreyNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
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