Legal Opinion
Wihtol v. Crow
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 27, 1962No. 16963PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The appellants were the plaintiffs in an action for injunctive relief and damages against the defendants (appellees) for the alleged infringement of copyrights covering a musical composition consisting of a song or hymn entitled “My God and I.” From a judgment dismissing the complaint and awarding the defendants costs and attorneys’ fees (199 F.Supp. 682), the plaintiffs have appealed.
The song in suit was composed by Austris A. Wihtol, who, under his trade name, obtained a copyright for the song (“English text and choral arrangement”). It was first published in the…
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