Legal Opinion
Johnston v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 10, 1947No. Civ. 15745PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VALLEE, J. pro tem.
Appeal by defendant from a judgment for plaintiffs in an action to recover damages for the breach of an oral agreement granting defendant the right to the exclusive use of the title, “Queen op the Flat Tops,” for all purposes except the right of plaintiffs to continue to use the title in connection with the publication of a book.
Stanley Johnston, referred to as the “author,” was on the aircraft carrier Lexington in the battle of the Coral Sea in May, 1942. Shortly thereafter he wrote a book entitled, “Queen op the Flat Tops,” subtitled, “The U.. S. S. Lexington And The…
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