CIVORU v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY


158 F.Supp. 759 (1958)

Sophia CIVORU, Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY and Gertrude Berg, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

February 14, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sophia Civoru, pro se.

Davis & Gilbert, New York City, George A. Elber, New York City, of counsel, for defendants.


SUGARMAN, District Judge.

The defendants, National Broadcasting Company and Gertrude Berg, move to dismiss plaintiff's complaint for failure to state a claim or in the alternative for a summary judgment on the ground of res adjudicata.

The complaint purports to state a claim based on fraud. It is a discursive document of 17 pages. Plaintiff therein demands from the defendants an accounting for all moneys earned through their use of the story "The Rise of the...

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