Meyers v. Walton
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendants from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of Mew York, borough of Manhattan, third district, entered upon a verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff by direction of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The plaintiff sues for services which he claims he rendered to the defendants as their manager under a contract calling for a compensation of five per cent, of any salary received by the defendants for the performance of a vaudeville sketch. The contract is in writing and purports to employ the plaintiff as a. manager. The defendants, however, claim that the plaintiff was merely a booking or employment agent; that the services which the .plaintiff rendered or was expected to render were services as a booking agent, and that the contract employing the plaintiff as their agent was a subterfuge…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Sirkin v. Fourteenth Street StoreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- Johnston v. . DahlgrenNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Cody v. DempseyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Schnaier v. Navarre Hotel & Importation Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
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