Ongley v. Marcin

Merrell, J.:

The action grew out of the authorship and production of a play known as “ Cheating Cheaters.” Plaintiff’s intestate was an author and playwright of some experience and reputation. He conceived and originated the idea and plot of a play which he intended to write, involving two bands of crooks posing as respectable society people; neither band being aware of the character of the other, and the leading character being an attractive woman *457posing as a crook but who, in fact, was a detective. The defendant Woods was a theatrical producer, and on January 20, 1915, plaintiff’s intestate…