Snook v. Blank

PRAY, Chief Judge.

The above entitled cause was tried to the court without a jury. It is an action to quiet title to the motion picture rights of the book entitled “The American Cowboy”, which was written and copyrighted by Will James. It is admitted that the situs of these rights, which are claimed by both parties to the action, is in Yellowstone County, Montana. Many months of delay occurred between the filing of plaintiff’s brief on September 29, 1946, and the filing of defendant’s brief principally because of the serious and long continued illness of the chief counsel for defendant. No…