Orth v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.

The plaintiffs seek to restrain the defendants from using the name “Million Dollar Legs” in connection with any motion picture or play and for an accounting of profits and damages, on the ground that the plaintiffs had first written and produced a “short play” bearing that title, and that the defendants are competing unfairly with the plaintiffs. The bill is not based upon infringement of copyright.

The cause was referred to a master to “find the facts upon the question of liability of the defendants or either of them” and “upon such determination” to file his report and to await the further…