Mion & Murray Co. v. World Wide Pictures Inc.

1. Plaintiff and defendant entered into a contract by which the plaintiff, a motion-picture distributor, agreed, for a specified rental for each film, to furnish the defendant with 21 named films, the defendant agreeing to show each film in its theatre within six weeks after being notified by the plaintiff of the availability thereof. The plaintiff in due time notified the defendant of the availability of four of the films, but the defendant failed to accept them for exhibition in its theatre. The contract provided that should the defendant fail to show all the films within six weeks, after…