Legal Opinion
Stuff v. La Budde Feed & Grain Co.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided December 3, 1941No. 592PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFFY, District Judge.
This action is for an alleged infringement of copyright. The matter now before the court is defendant’s motion to dismiss.
The plaintiff is the widow of Harry J. Stuff, who died in Kearney, Nebraska, on February 4, 1938. Some time prior to June 24, 1914, said Harry J. Stuff and one Wilson originated the pictorial illustration which is the subject of this suit. The picture is of a boy, with a broad, vacant smile revealing a missing front tooth, and with large, outstanding ears and uncombed hair, which make him appear half-witted. The words “Me — Worry?” appear directly…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Bourdieu v. Pacific Western Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Bolles v. Outing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Higgins v. KeuffelSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Dorsey v. Old Surety Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1938
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Gardenia Flowers, Inc. v. Joseph Markovits, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1968
- John A. Belcher, Etc. v. Irving Tarbox, John A. Belcher, Etc., Plaintiff-Cross v. Irving Tarbox, Defendant-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- New England Mut. Life Ins. v. BrandenburgDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1948
- General Insurance Co. of America v. ChopotCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1981