AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. v. WERCKMEISTER

No. 28.

207 U.S. 284 (1907)

AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY v. WERCKMEISTER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 2, 1907.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William A. Jenner for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Antonio Knauth for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE DAY, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

This case involves important questions under the copyright laws of the United States, upon which there has been diversity of view in the Federal courts.

Before taking up the errors assigned it may aid in the elucidation of the questions involved to briefly consider the nature of the property in copyright which it is the object...

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