Legal Opinion
Read v. Turner
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 20, 1966No. Civ. 7547PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCoughlin, J.
This is an action for damages resulting from an alleged infringement of a copyright.
Plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. Read, are husband and wife; conceived a floor plan for a split-level, four-bedroom residence, which they contemplated building at 1705 Catalina Street in Seal Beach; and caused their plan to be expressed in a drawing. Mr. Read was a consulting engineer, building contractor and licensed real estate salesman. Mrs. Read also had a real estate salesman’s license.
Defendant Turner was an excavation and concrete work contractor; also was president of the defendant T & T Investment Corp.; in…
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