Legal Opinion
Victor Talking Machine Co. v. George
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 3, 1934No. 5169PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree in a suit for damages in the District Court adjudging the plaintiff, David Graves George, to be the author of the song entitled, “Wreck of the Old 97,” which the defendant recorded on one of its talking machine records.
On September 27, 1903, a Sunday train, No. 97, which ran over the Southern Railroad frem Washington to Atlanta, was late at Lynchburg and in making up lost time,» its engineer ran it at a high rate of speed on a steep grade down one side of White Oak Mountain, just north of' Danville, Va. As the train reached a curving…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Virginian Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Forgay v. ConradSupreme Court of the United States · 1848
- Kimberly v. ArmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. SaronySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Deering v. Winona Harvester WorksSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Victor Talking MacH. Co. v. GeorgeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1939
- Borough of Ford City v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. v. Hughes Tool Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1945
- Mullin v. TrolingerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1944
- Hyland v. Millers Nat. Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
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