Lumley v Wagner: 1852

A girl (under age) and her father contracted for her to perform at a theatre abroad, and later not to use her talents without the consent of her manager. She contracted with a competing theatre. She resisted an action by the manager saying that the contracts should be read together and that an injunction was not available to enforce the positive covenants.
Held: Although it was a foreign contract, the plaintiff was entitled to his injunction.

Citations:

(1852) 1 De G M and G 604, [1852] EWHC Ch J96

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedDe Mattos v Gibson 1859
The purchaser of an interest in property may not use it so as to breach contractual rights of which he was aware when he acquired the interest. . .
CitedLady Navigation Inc v Lauritzencool Ab and Another CA 17-May-2005
The shipowner appealed the award against them of an injunction requiring them not to act inconsistently with a time charterparty. The company said that such a form of order was improper.
Held: The existence of the contract to do what was . .
See AlsoLumley v Gye 1853
Inducing breach of contract is a Tort
An opera singer (Miss Wagner) and the defendant theatre owner were joint wrongdoers. They had a common design that the opera singer should break her contract with the plaintiff theatre owner, refuse to sing in the plaintiff’s theatre and instead . .
CitedTorquay Hotel v Cousins CA 17-Dec-1968
The plaintiff contracted to buy oil for his hotel from Esso. Members of the defendant trades union blocked the deliveries of oil by Esso to the Hotel because of a trade dispute they had with the management of the hotel. The hotel sued for an . .
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Litigation Practice, Contract

Updated: 08 June 2022; Ref: scu.190009