Message Photoplay Co. v. Bell

This is a motion for a temporary injunction to restrain the commissioner of licenses from revoking the license of a theatre because of the proposed production thereat of a moving picture known as “ Birth Control.” No question is raised concerning the general power of the commissioner to issue and revoke licenses. Greater N. Y. Charter, §§ 641, 642, added by Laws of 1914, chap. 475. For the purposes of this motion also, the implied definition of the function of the commissioner, contained in chapter 3, article 2, section 41, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of New York, as amended to July…