Herbert Campos v. Carl E. Olson, Also Known as Carl "Bobo" Olson Sid E. Flaherty and Sid Flaherty Promotional Enterprises, a Corporation

Appellee Carl E. “Bobo” Olson was at one time middleweight boxing champion of the world. In fighting his way to the title he had different managers, one of whom was appellant Campos. At the time appellant undertook to manage Olson, appellant was inexperienced in this field of activity. Two agreements were executed by the parties; each provided for the exclusive management of Olson by Campos, who was to secure boxing matches for Olson, proceeds therefrom going two-thirds to Olson and one-third to Campos. The contracts were executed in Hawaii and were filed with the Territorial Boxing Commission of that Territory, as required by law. The second agreement was not approved by the said Commission. Olson, at the time of entering into the first agreement (July 14, 1948) was twenty years old; the second agreement (July 20, 1949) was signed after Olson had reached his twenty-first birthday.

Relations between appellant and Olson eventually reached an unsatisfactory stage because appellant, as claimed by Olson, was not performing according to the agreement in that Olson was not being afforded matches, and as a result was becoming financially impoverished. Appellant expended several…