HAMILTON STREET CORP. v. COLUMBIA PICTURES CORP.

No. 22772.

244 F.Supp. 193 (1965)

608 HAMILTON STREET CORPORATION, Ralph E. Rossheim and Dorothy Gallop t/a Midway Amusement Company v. COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, United Artists Corporation, Universal Film Exchanges, Inc., Republic Pictures Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures Distributing Corporation and Max M. Korr Enterprises.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

August 16, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Truscott, Kline, O'Neill & Howson, Frank F. Truscott, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Bancroft D. Haviland, Philadelphia, Pa., for Columbia Pictures Corp., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., United Artists Corp., Universal Film Exchanges, Inc. and Republic Pictures Corp.

Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Louis J. Goffman, Philadelphia, Pa., for Warner Bros. Pictures Distributing Corp.

Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Raymond J. Bradley, Philadelphia, Pa., for Max M. Korr Enterprises.


JOSEPH S. LORD, III, District Judge.

Summary judgment has previously been entered against the plaintiffs on Counts 1 and 3 of the complaint. Before the court now is defendants' motion for summary judgment on Count 2.

The second count alleges that plaintiffs operated the Midway Theatre in Allentown, Pennsylvania, from August 15, 1954 until May 23, 1955 when the theatre was destroyed by fire. The complaint further alleges that during this period the defendants...

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