Legal Opinion
Kalisthenic Exhibition Co. v. Emmons
District Court, D. Maine
Decided August 25, 1915No. 739PublishedCited by 1 opinion
In Equity. Suit by the Kalisthenic Exhibition Company against Willis T. Emmons, Collector of -Customs for the Port of Portland.
1Opinion of the Court
HALE, District Judge.
The plaintiff alleges that on April 5, 1915, a pugilistic, coalest took place in Havana, Cuba, between Jack Johnson and Jesse Willard, for the title of heavy-weight champion of the world; through the use of photographic cameras, certain negative impressions have been taken of the contest; the owner of the negatives has transferred to the plaintiff his rights in the negative films, subject to reservation that no positives made from said negatives should ever he used for the purpose of public exhibition. Plaintiff has sought to make entry of these negatives with the…
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