Harold Lloyd Corporation v. Witwer

This is an appeal by Harold Lloyd Corporation, Harold Lloyd individually, and Pathe Exchange, Inc., a corporation, from an interlocutory deeree in an equity suit for infringement of the copyright of a story entitled, “The Emancipation of Rodney,” of which H. C. Witwer, a successful short story writer, was the author. The story was printed in and as part of the November 20, 1915, edition of the Popular Magazine, a semimonthly periodical owned and issued by Street & Smith, Inc., publishers, of New York City.

The complainant in the court below was the author, but, during the pendency of the suit…