Legal Opinion
Ford v. Charles E. Blaney Amusement Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 5, 1906PublishedCited by 14 opinions
At Raw. On demurrer to complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
HOLL, District Judge.
This is a demurrer to a complaint on the ground that it does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The action is brought to recover damages for an alleged violation by the defendants of the complainant’s right of dramatization of a novelette. The complaint alleges, in substance, that the complainant is the author of a novelette called “Cherub Divine”; that the complainant sold to the Ainslee Magazine Company of New York the sole right of printing and publishing the said novelette, reserving to the complainant all rights of dramatization of it; that…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Mifflin v. R. H. White Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Trow City Directory Co. v. CurtinU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1888
- Chicago Music Co. v. J. W. Butler Paper Co.United States Circuit Court · 1884
- Bennett v. Boston Traveler Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1900
3Cited by14 opinions
- Dam v. Kirk La Shelle Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1910
- Fields v. Comm'rUnited States Tax Court · 1950
- Herwig v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1952
- April Productions, Inc. v. G. Schirmer, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1955
- Wodehouse v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1948
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