Mayhew v. Meehan

Alleging that under a general contract with William Mayhew, also known as Billy Mayhew, she was authorized to conduct negotiations for publication of the song, “It’s A Sin To Tell A Lie,” previously written by him, the profits from which sale, should she be successful in her undertaking, to be equally divided between Mayhew and herself, and that she had in fact succeeded in interesting certain publishers in the song in question, one of whom, Donaldson, Douglas & Gumble, Inc., as a result of her efforts, finally accepted and published the song, Helen Meehan filed her bill of complaint in the…