Boucicault v. Fox
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
At law. This was an action to recover damages for the representation, by the defendants [George L. Fox and James W. Lingard], at the New Bowery Theatre, in the city of New York, of a play called “The Octoroon,” in violation of the rights of the plaintiff [Dion Boucicault], as the author and owner of the copyright thereof. The plea was the general issue. At the trial, the plaintiff had a verdict for $500 damages. The defendant now moved for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
SHIPMAN, District Judge.
The plaintiff, who was an actor, and a dramatic author, made an arrangement with one Stuart, then the lessee of the Winter Garden Theater, in the city of New York, by which the former was to become the stage manager, and general director of the theatre. The particulars of this arrangement are of no importance here, as the undisputed proof in the case is, that it was either never definitely settled, in all its terms, or, if it was, that it was abandoned before the production of the play in question. Under that arrangement, however, such as it was, the plaintiff…
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