Werckmeister v. American Tobacco Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
EBBOB TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOB THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the construction of § 4965, Rev. Stats., as amended by the act of March 2, 1895, 28 Stat. 965, and the nature of the action to recover penalties thereunder for violation of copyright, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice-Day
delivered the opinion of the court.
This case was argued and submitted with American Tobacco Company v. Werckmeister, decided December 2, 1907, ante, p. 284.
The present action was brought to recover, under § 4965, Revised Statutes, relating to copyright (3 U. S. Compiled Stat. 3414), the penalties of $10 each, for 1,196 sheets of the alleged infringing publications claimed to have beén found in the defendant’s possession and seized by the United States marshals, under the two writs of replevin described in that suit.
Plaintiff in error, Werckmeister, offered in evidence the…
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