Foster v. Callaghan & Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
In Equity. Bill by Roger Foster against Callaghan & Co. On motions to dismiss bill and to strike out paragraphs thereof.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, District Judge.
The plaintiff sues in equity as the owner of the' copyright and author of a treatise entitled “A Treatise *945upon Practice in the Courts of the United States.” It was first published in 1890, and five editions thereof have been published, with great profit to the plaintiff. The defendant is a publisher, and has published the third, fourth, and fifth editions under a contract the material terms of which are:
X. Said Foster grants Callaghan & Oo. the exclusive right to publish his work on ‘Federal Practice’ for the period of ten (10) years from date, upon the condition that…
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