Falk v. Heffron
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York
At Law. Action by Benjamin J. Falk against Thomas II. Heff-ron and others to recover a penalty for the violation of a copyright belonging to the plaintiff. There was a verdict for plaintiff, and he moves for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
WELEELEB, District Judge.
The plaintiff has a copyright of a photograph of Lillian Bussell. The defendants printed 2,4-00 lithographic copies of it, 21 or 22 on each of 118 or ll.B sheets. This suit is brought to recover “one dollar for every sheet of the same found in his possession, either printing, printed, copied, published, imported. or exposed for sale.'"’ Rev. Bf. II. R. § 4965. The evidence showed that the'defendants sent these copies on an order for that number, but not whether they were in whole sheets, or cut up, when sent. The number of sheets was loft to the jury, and was found at…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Eleazer F. Backus, in Error v. William Gould and David Banks, Who Sue as Well for the United States as ThemselvesSupreme Court of the United States · 1849
- Taylor v. GilmanU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1885
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