James L. Kernan Co. v. Wilson Amusement Co.

In the first of these cases, a licensee of the right to exhibit a copyrighted moving picture appeals from a preliminary injunction against the exhibition, issued at the instance of the owner of another theatre claiming an exclusive right or option to exhibit under an earlier contract with the distributor of the picture, under the authority of the producer and owner of the copyright. The second appeal is from an order refusing a petition of the defendant to cancel a bond previously required of it as a condition to the superseding of the injunction. The injunction was issued upon the bill of…