Edwin C. Little, and Oliver Scovill v. Levi W. Hall, Anthony Gould, David Banks, William Gould, and David Banks, Jr
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the circuit court of the United States, for the northern district of New York. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
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This was an appeal from the circuit court of the United States, for the northern district of New York. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Seward made the following points:— 1. Comstock, by accepting the office of state reporter, and acting under it, and by uniting with the secretary of ■ state and comptroller in the contract with the appellants of April 20,1850, must be deemed to have accepted the terms and conditions of the act of April 11, 1848, and of April 9, 1850. And those statutes operated, by reason of such acquiescence on his part, to vest in the State of New York,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAN
delivered the opinion of the court.. This is an appeal from the decree of the circuit court of the United States for the northern district of New York.
A want, of jurisdiction to sustain this appeal was alleged by counsel, as it does not- appear from the record that the amount in controversy exceeds the sum of two thousand dollars; but this objection was obviated by an affidavit, which stated that the amount claimed by the plaintiffs exceeds that sum.
This bill was filed under the copyright act, to enjoin the defendants from publishing and selling the fourth volume of Com-stock’s Reports.
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