Chandler v. Roach

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of defendants in an action instituted by the plaintiff for damages for breach of contract.

The cause of action of the complaint with which we are here concerned was based on an alleged implied-in-fact contract.

A résumé of the facts which are favorable to the plaintiff is as follows: The plaintiff was a professional writer with a diversified literary experience and extensive educational background. In 1950 he conceived an idea for a dramatic work based on the activities of the public defender’s office. He formed a mental picture of an authentic,…