Buck v. Spanish Gables, Inc.

FORD,'District Judge.

This is a suit in which the defendants are charged with the infringement by public performance for profit of a copyrighted musical composition entitled “Boo Hoo,” at “Spanish Gables,” a public dance hall, located at Revere, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The defendant Herbert N. Ridgway, was president and treasurer of the defendant corporation.

The prayer of the bill was for an injunction and damages.

The plaintiffs are Gene Buck, who sues as a representative of the unincorporated association known as the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers…