Gleichman v. Famous Players-Lasky Corp.

In the summer of 1919 the plaintiff and one Harry Garson were engaged in conducting a motion picture theater in the city of Detroit, known as the Broadway Strand. The Famous Players-Lasky Corporation (a New York corporation, hereafter called the defendant) was then engaged in producing and distributing high grade films for such pictures. It desired to arrange for the exclusive exhibit of its pictures in one of the Detroit theaters for a term of years, and to that end entered into negotiations with plaintiff and Garson. Garson was unwilling to enter into such a contract, and an arrangement was…