Fox Film Corp. v. C. & M. Amusement Co.

HOUGH, District Judge.

The plaintiff sues the defendant for breach of two written contracts, known in the film trade as “standard exhibition contracts.” The contracts were in process of perform*338anee, the film company furnishing the films periodically under the terms of the contracts, and the amusement company or exhibitor receiving the films, exhibiting the same in its theaters, and paying the contract price therefor.

The standard exhibition contract such as is involved in this action was tested for its legality in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, where it…