A. H. Woods Theatre Co. v. Gilchrist

The plaintiff seeks to restrain the defendant commissioner of licenses of the city of New York from revoking the license of the Eltinge Theatre. The commissioner has given written notice to plaintiff that in his judgment the play, “ The DemiVirgin,” being produced at the theatre of which plaintiff is licensee, is indecent and immoral; that its public exhibition is subversive of public morals, and that if its exhibition' is not discontinued he will revoke the *606license of the theatre. Hence this application to enjoin the commissioner from executing such purpose, basing its prayer for judicial…