Feldman v. Witmark

It is alleged in the second count of the plaintiff’s declaration that "the defendant with fraudulent intent and to induce the plaintiff, falsely and fraudulently represented to the plaintiff that he would and intended to print, publish, advertise and market a certain song, that the plaintiff had a copyright on, and pay the plaintiff large sums of money as royalties on said song; that as a result of said false and fraudulent representations the plaintiff relying upon them, transferred and released his rights to said song and copyright and property connected therewith to the defendant; that the…