An action arising out of the recent visit of the Denniston Players was heard in H. M. Supreme Court on Tuesday, before - his Honour Judge Skinner Turner, Plaintiff, Harry Neville, sued Messrs. William Armstrong, W. Gater Charles E, Shepherd and Cecil McBain, for the payment of G.$1,186.00 for travelling expenses and damages, and Mex. $485.30, salary alleged to be due.
Mr. H. D. Rodger appeared for plaintiff and Mr. H. Browett and Mr. J. G. Priestwood for defendants.
According to the statement of claim, the defendants organized and were the directors of Reynolds Denniston Ld., a company which went into voluntary liquidation on or about March 31 last. The company was formed for the purpose of bringing a company of actors to the Far East, and plaintiff was engaged as Advance Agent, and to play parts if required. ' Barly in February, Mr. C. E. Shepherd notified members of the company that the company would have to go into liquidation, and defendants then offered to finance and take all risk of a North China and Shanghai tour, provided the players agreed to accept a reduction of 40 per cent. from their original contract salary, Plaintiff agreed to this reduction and undertook the duties of advance agent at Tientsin, Peking and Shanghai. He now claimed Mex. $485.30, balance of salary due, being the contract salary of G.$75 per week less the 40 per cent. reduction agreed upon. The North China tour was arranged by defendants with a view to paying travelling expenses of the players to their respective destinations in America, in accordance with their contracts, defendants thus taking over the liability of Reynolds Den-piston Ld. in this respect. In this connexion plaintiff claimed G.$496 travelling expenses from Shanghai to New York. By reason of defendants refusal to pay, plaintiff had been forced to remain in Shanghai with no opportunity of securing work in his profession, thereby suffering damages to the extent of $690.
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