Paul Armstrong Co. v. Majestic Motion Picture Co.
City of New York Municipal Court
Action by the Paul Armstrong Company against the Majestic Motion Picture Company on an oral agreement between the parties respecting scenario rights in certain plays owned or controlled by the plaintiff. Verdict for plaintiff for $1,095. Motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial denied.
1Opinion of the CourtRansom, J.
By the jury’s unhesitant award, under the law of the case as laid down by the learned Appellate Term (90 Misc. Rep. 691, 154 N. Y. Supp. 127, reversing 87 Misc. Rep. 141, 149 N. Y. Supp. 1039), the plaintiff has received a verdict for the sum of $1,000 and interest, payable by the terms of an oral agreement entered into on March 17, 1914, between the plaintiff, Paul Armstrong Company, through Phelan Beale, its vice president, principal stockholder and active executive, and the defendant, Majestic Motion Picture Company, *253acting through Walter N. Seligsberg, its agent in fact, conducting all of…
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