Legal Opinion

Famous Players-Lasky Corp. v. Ewing

California Court of Appeal

Decided October 27, 1920No. Civ. No. 3463PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBrittain, J.

The defendant appeals from a judgment directing him to execute and deliver to the plaintiff an assignment of the title to an invention designated as a “light dissolve” and enjoining him from transferring or encumbering the invention.

The appellant attacks the judgment on various grounds, none of which has impressed this court as being substantial. An unwarranted attack is made upon the learned judge of the trial court. It is said that the complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action and that the findings show the plaintiff had no cause of action, but neither…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Agawam Co. v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  2. Johnson Furnace & Engineering Co. v. Western Furnace Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1910
  3. United Shirt & Collar Co. v. BeattieCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1906
  4. King v. GedneyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1856

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Hartley Pen Co. v. Lindy Pen Co.District Court, S.D. California · 1954
  2. National Development Co. v. GrayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  3. Scutt v. BassettCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1948
  4. Lugosi v. Universal PicturesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979
  5. Lugosi v. Universal PicturesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979

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