Legal Opinion
General Overseas Corp. v. Republic Pictures International Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 19, 1947PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIFKIND, District Judge.
This is an action by General Overseas Corporation against Republic Pictures International Corporation for breach of an oral contract whereby plaintiff was licensed to distribute some of defendant’s motion pictures. The action, commenced in the New York Supreme Court, was removed to this Court on diversity grounds and has been tried without a jury.
Robert Haggiag, president of the plaintiff, had begun his business dealings with defendant in 1941, and by February, 1945, had successfully completed several contracts with the defendant. Among these was one for the…
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