Ongley v. Marcin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Amy Ongley, as administratrix, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 26th day of June, 1917, dismissing the complaint at the opening upon the trial at the New York Special Term. . .
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is a suit in equity by the administratrix of George Booth Ongley to have it adjudged that she is the owner of a certain play entitled “ Cheating Cheaters ” and of all the rights, benefits, advantages and royalties to which she may be entitled by virtue of certain contracts annexed to and made a part of the complaint and by the other facts alleged; that her deceased husband was the author of the play; that the defendants should account for the profits realized by them on the production and presentation of the play, and be enjoined from producing the play and from claiming…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Marvin v. . BrooksNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Schantz v. . OakmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Sargent v. . McLeodNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Moore v. CoyneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
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- Losch v. MarcinNew York Court of Appeals · 1929
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- Botway v. SchnitzerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1926
- Rogers v. AronsteinNew York Supreme Court · 1945