WIHTOL v. WELLS

No. 11497.

231 F.2d 550 (1956)

Austris A. WIHTOL, Doing Business as Kalnin, Mohr and Apsit, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kenneth H. WELLS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

April 12, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur H. Boettcher, Edward C. Grelle, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Charles B. Cannon, Chicago, Ill., Wallace & Cannon, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for appellee.

Before DUFFY, Chief Judge, and LINDLEY and SWAIM, Circuit Judges.


DUFFY, Chief Judge.

This is an action for copyright infringement brought under Title 17 U.S. C., § 1 et seq. The copyrighted work is a musical composition (music and words) entitled "My God and I," published in the United States and copyrighted in September, 1935, by Kalnin, Mohr and Apsit, plaintiff's assumed business name. The copyrighted work came into the Chicago area early in 1937. It was sung by the choir at the First Congregational Church in Evanston,...

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