Glaser v. St. Elmo Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
In Equity. Suit by Vaughan Glaser and another against the St. Elmo Company, Incorporated, and others, to restrain the production oí a play.
1Opinion of the Court
HOLT, District Judge.
This is a motion for a temporary injunction to restrain the defendants from producing a play called “St. Elmo.” Augusta J. Evans, prior to November 22, I860, wrote a novel, which she named “St. Elmo,” for which she took out a copyright on that date. The novel had a large sale, particularly in the southern states. At the expiration of 28 years, the original term of the copyright, the author duly renewed it for an additional period of I f years. The copyright of the novel, therefore, expired in the year BIOS. By the provisions of the copyright act, the author had the right…
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