Legal Opinion
Yardley v. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 11, 1939No. 65PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
Before passing to a consideration of the interesting questions presented by this appeal it is desirable to state in outline the facts that give rise to them. The amended complaint seeks damages for infringement of a registered copyright of a mural picture painted by Charles Y. Turner and placed by him on the wall of the auditorium room of the DeWitt Clinton High School. Mr. Turner executed this painting pursuant to a written contract, dated January 14, 1904, between the City of New York and the general contractor for the erection of the school building, by the. terms of…
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