Carte v. Evans

This case was heard in February last, but the decision has been delayed to enable the parties to complete certain proofs which were found to be necessary for its proper determination, and it is only recently that it has been in a condition to be finally disposed of. The suit is a bill in equity for an injunction to restrain the infringement by the defendants of the plaintiff’s copyright in an arrangement or adaptation for the piano-forte of the orchestral score of an opera called “The Mikado, or The Town of Titipu.” It appeared that William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, both British…