Preston v. Berry

This is an action wherein Howard K. Berry, the author of the biographical novel, “Moman Pruiett — Criminal Lawyer,” as plaintiff, seeks an accounting, by Ben Preston and Gail H. Johnson, individually and as partners, as defendants and assignees of Moman Pruiett, of income received by them from the sale of published copies of said novel and further seeks the appointment of a receiver to take charge of their books of account and all unsold copies of said literary work. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court.

Howard K. Berry was a young practicing attorney in Oklahoma…