Clemens v. Estes

This is a motion fora preliminary injunction. The material facts, as disclosed in the bill and affidavits, are as follows:

The defendants, .Estes & Lauriat, are a firm of book-sellers and publishers located in Boston. In their last holiday catalogue appeared an advertisement in which a new work, entitled “Huckleberry Finn,” written by the plaintiff under'tlie, name of Mark Twain, was offered for sale at a price, reduced from $2.75 to $2.25. Tiie book is sold on what is known as the subscription plan, and the regular subscription price is $2.75. The canvass for the book has been in progress for…