Legal Opinion

Harris v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided January 2, 1942Published

1Opinion of the Court

GODDARD, District Judge.

Defendant moves under Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S. C.A. following section 723c, for an order granting summary judgment in its behalf and dismissing the complaint herein.

The complaint alleges that prior to February 27, 1939, plaintiff conceived the idea of a motion picture based upon the story of the Mormons and submitted a synopsis of such story to the defendant, a producer of motion pictures. On or about February 27, 1939, plaintiff gave an option to defendant to purchase that story for the sum of $1,000, exercisable within one year; that…

2Cases cited6 opinions

Sydney v. MacFadden Newspaper Publishing Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1926
Kimmerle v. New York Evening Journal, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1933
Tower v. CrosbyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1925
American Law Book Co. v. ChamberlayneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1908
Jones v. American Law Book Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908

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