Hills & Co. v. Hoover
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE from the circuit court of appeals for THE THIRD CIRCUIT. ■ The facts, which involve the construction of the Federal copyright statutes, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
This case comes here upon certificate from the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Hills & Company, Limited, a corporation of Great Britain, brought an action of assumpsit for its own use and that of the United States against Joseph and Henry L. Hoover, citizens of Pennsylvania, partners as Joseph Hoover & Son, to recover under § 4965, ch. 3, p. 959 of the Revised Statutes of the United States for a forfeiture of money to the amount of $4,763. alleged to be due the plaintiff as the owner of the copyright of certain engravings, 4,763 of which were found in the defendant’s…
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