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WILKIE v. SANTLY BROS., INC.

13 F.Supp. 136 (1935)

WILKIE v. SANTLY BROS., Inc., et al.

District Court, S. D. New York.

November 26, 1935.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillips & Nizer, of New York City (Louis Nizer and Arthur B. Krim, both of New York City, and George B. Harris, of San Francisco, Cal., of counsel), for plaintiff.

Goldie & Gumm, of New York City (William V. Goldie and Zachary Lehrich, both of New York City, of counsel), for defendants.

COXE, District Judge.

This is a suit for infringement of a common-law copyright of a song entitled "Confessing" which was composed by the plaintiff in 1927 and 1928. The song was never published, but was privately performed by the plaintiff for a small number of persons in California at different times prior to 1929. The alleged infringing composition is a song called "Starlight" which was composed by the defendant Petkere in the fall of 1931. This song was published...

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