Golding v. R.K.O. Pictures, Inc.

35 Cal.2d 690 (1950)

221 P.2d 95

SAMUEL R. GOLDING et al., Respondents,

v.

R.K.O. PICTURES, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Appellants.

Docket No. L.A. 20699.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

August 4, 1950.

Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp and Guy Knupp for Appellants.

Loeb & Loeb and Herman F. Selvin, Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellants.

Harold A. Fendler for Respondents.

EDMONDS, J.

In an action for the infringement of literary property, the producers of a motion picture appeal from a judgment awarding the authors of the assertedly plagiarized stage play damages in the sum of $25,000. The sufficiency…