Myers v. Callaghan

This is a bill filed by the plaintiff against the defendants for an infringement of the rights of the plaintiff under the copyright laws of the United States. The bill alleges substantially the following facts: From 1865 to 1868 the plaintiff and Horace P. Chandler constituted a business firm for publishing law books, and as such firm they became the proprietors of volumes 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, and 38 of the Illinois Reports. Norman L. Freeman was the reporter, under the law and by the appointment of the court, of the volumes of reports; and the firm purchased all the proprietary rights of…