Daly v. Palmer
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
In equity. ' This was an application [by Augustin Daly] for a provisional injunction to restrain the defendants [Henry D. Palmer and Henry C. Jarrett] from the public performance and representation, and from the sale for dramatic representation, of a scene called the “Railroad Scene,” in a play called “After Dark.”
1Opinion of the Court
BLATCHFORD, District Judge.
The plaintiff is, by profession, a dramatic author, his business being to compose, write, and produce on the theatrical stage, dramatic compositions, commonly called plays. The defendants are the managers of a public place of theatrical amusement in the city of New York, called “Niblo’s Garden.” Before the 1st of August, 1SC7, the plaintiff composed and wrote a dramatic composition called “Under the Gaslight,” and on that day he took the proper steps to secure to himself a copyright for the composition, under the provisions of the act of February 3, 1831 (4 Stat.…
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