Szekely v. Eagle Lion Films, Inc.

DAWSON, District Judge.

This action alleges infringement of plaintiff’s common law right of literary property in an original unpublished screen play and seeks an injunction and damages. The action was tried by the Court without a jury.

Although five defendants are named in the complaint, the defendant Eagle Lion Films, Inc. (hereinafter called “Eagle Lion”) is the only defendant remaining in the-case. Three of the other defendants were never served with process, and the plaintiff consented to dismissal of the case against the defendant Rod Geiger when no attorney appeared for him at the trial…