Legal Opinion

Globe Music Corp. v. JOHNSON

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided January 9, 1956No. 39875PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMcGehee, C. J.

The appellee, Sherman “Blues” Johnson, is a musician and musical composer, and the appellant is engaged in the business of making recordings and other sound reproductions of music. During the year 1949 the appellee composed the words and music of a song entitled “You Said You Loved Me”, sometimes referred to as “Saving My Love For You”, and then on September 22, 1951, he entered into a written contract with the Diamond Record Company, Inc. of Jackson, Mississippi, for a period of one year, wherein it was provided, among other things, that “As to'any original compositions or arrangements by…

2Cited by14 opinions

  1. Thornhill v. System Fuels, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  2. MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY COM. v. Dixie Contractors, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1979
  3. Stampley v. GilbertMississippi Supreme Court · 1976
  4. The Sports Center, Inc., a Mississippi Corporation v. Riddell, Inc., Judge Little Company and Hale & Jones, Inc., a Mississippi CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  5. Clark v. CarterMississippi Supreme Court · 1977

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