Cartin v. Boles

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

This is a case involving two literary works, Elijah and The Limner, based upon an alleged breach of contract and plagiarism. We have endeavored to read a record of no less than 611 pages; a trial transcript of no less than 2428 pages, containing several voluminous novel transcripts (drafts and redrafts), plus the parties’ briefs of 185 pages and exhibits thereto consisting of 75 additional pages. Our resume of the uncontroverted facts of the case follows:

In or about February, 1973, Hazel Cartin, who had written a rough draft of a novel entitled Elijah, which she…