WOLF v. ILLUSTRATED WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA, INC.


34 N.Y.2d 834 (1974)

Donald D. Wolf, Respondent, v. Illustrated World Encyclopedia, Inc., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 13, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sol I. Sokolsky, Jay J. Miller, Arthur March and Stephen S. Bernstein for appellant.

Leonard I. Schreiber and Robert G. Smith for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and RABIN concur in a memorandum; Judge STEVENS taking no part.


MEMORANDUM.

We affirm the order of the Appellate Division.

As to appellant publisher's affirmative defense based on alleged breach of contract on the part of respondent illustrator-designer, we note that as appellant must have been aware, respondent for some years had been professionally engaged in editorial, art and illustration work for encyclopedias and other publications. Yet the contract between the parties contained...

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