Thornton v. Schreiber
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CXRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OE PENNSYLVANIA. Tiie case is stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. John Q. Johnson filed a brief for same. Mr. H. P. ■ Brown, Mr. J. R. Pcml and Mr. J. K. Valentine were, with him on the brief.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
This is a qui torn action brought by the defendants in error, constituting a partnership in the name of Schreiber & Sons, against Thornton, the plaintiff in error, under § 4965 of the Revised Statutes. This is found in c. 3, Tit. LX, which has relation to .copyrights. 'As we have heretofore decided in the . case of Burrow Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony, 111 U. S. 53, photographs are included, under certain circumstances, among the things which may be copyrighted.'
The plaintiffs in this action allege themselves to be the owners of a valid copyright of a photograph, entitled “ The Mother…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. SaronySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
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