West Pub. Co. v. Lawyers' Co-Operative Pub. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. This is an appeal from decrees of the circuit court, Northern district of New York, in favor of complainant, in a suit brought for infringement of copyright.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. This is an appeal from decrees of the circuit court, Northern district of New York, in favor of complainant, in a suit brought for infringement of copyright. The interlocutory decree (53 Fed. 265) enjoined the further publication of a certain number of specified paragraphs, which the master and the court found to infringe; and the final decree (64 Fed. 360) awarded six cents as profits which accrued to defendant from the sale of books containing such paragraphs, with costs. The defendant did not appeal,…
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
Before considering the merits, a question of evidence presented by the appellee may be disposed Having properly reserved an exception to its admission, defendant moved to strike out certain testimony as incompetent. The circuit court denied the motion; stating, however, that the testimony would be ignored, since it was obnoxious to the objection. The testimony complained of is this; Complainant had prepared exhibits displaying, in parallel columns, certain paragraphs of complainant’s copyrighted books, which it was asserted were infringed, and corresponding paragraphs…
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