FERRIS v. FROHMAN

No. 44.

223 U.S. 424 (1912)

32 S.Ct. 263

56 L.Ed. 492

FERRIS v. FROHMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 19, 1912.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles H. Aldrich, with whom Mr. Charles R. Aldrich, Mr. Charles G. McRoberts and Mr. L.E. Chipman were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Levy Mayer for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of Illinois.

The suit was brought by Charles Frohman, Charles Haddon Chambers, and Stephano Gatti (defendants in error), to restrain the production of what was alleged to be a piratical copy of a play known as "The Fatal Card." Its authors were Charles Haddon Chambers and B.C. Stephenson, British subjects resident in...

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