Goudal

This is an appeal from a judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $34,531.23 in an action to recover damages for breach of a contract of employment entered into in April, 1925. Under this agreement respondent was employed by appellant as a motion picture actress for one year beginning May 19, 1925, with the option to appellant of four yearly extensions of the contract, each yearly extension to be at a specified substantial increase in compensation. Respondent entered upon" her duties and appellant twice exercised its option, extending the period o£ employment to May 18, 1928. On September 10, 1927, respondent was discharged by appellant. The basic question in this ease is whether such termination of the employment of respondent was wrongful or whether it was justified by acts of the respondent violative of the terms of the contract. The trial court found that respondent had not violated the contract and that her discharge was not justified.

Many of the alleged violations of the employment contract set forth in appellant’s brief are either not supported by the references to the transcript due either to counsel drawing inferences not justified by the testimony or to the fact that the…