Clemens v. Press Pub. Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court1, Borough of Manhattan, First District. Action by William M. Clemens against the Press Publishing Company. From a judgment dismissing the complaint, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGavegan, J.
The action was to recover $200 as the agreed price for a manuscript sold and delivered by the plaintiff, an author, to the defendant, a publisher. On August 3, 1909, the plaintiff called at the office of the defendant and offered for sale the manuscript of *207a story relating to a mysterious murder which had-occurred a short time before. After some parleying the defendant, through its acting managing editor, agreed to take the story, provided it were reduced in length, to pay therefor the sum of $200, and also to deliver to the plaintiff 25 galley proof copies for the use of the plaintiff in…
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