Legal Opinion
Weitzenkorn v. Lesser
California Supreme Court
Decided April 29, 1953No. L. A. 22045PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEdmonds, J.
Ilse Lahn Weitzenkorn has sued Sol Lesser, Sol Lesser Productions, Inc., and RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., charging that they have unlawfully used literary property of which she is the owner. Her appeal is from a judgment of dismissal which followed an order sustaining the demurrers of the defendants without leave to amend.
In the first cause of action, against Lesser and Lesser Productions only, Weitzenkorn alleges that she originated, created and wrote a literary composition entitled, “Tarzan *780in the Land of Eternal Youth,” of which she is the exclusive owner. A copy of the composition is…
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