Merrell v. Tice
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley
This was an action at law to recover damages for the infringement of a copyright. Tice, the plaintiff below, is the author of an almanac known as “ Professor Tice’s Almanac.” The copyright alleged to be infringed was that of the almanac for 1877. The declaration contained the proper averments, and the answer a general denial. On the trial the plaintiff produced a copy of his almanac, having on its titlepage the words inquired by the act, ‘.‘Entered according to act of Congress,” &e.; and then, to show that he had complied with the law of copyright, produced a certificate of the Librarian of…
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