BAKER v. SELDEN


101 U.S. 99 (____)

BAKER v. SELDEN.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alphonso Taft and Mr. H.P. Lloyd for the appellant.

Mr. C.W. Moulton and Mr. M.I. Southard for the appellee.


MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

Charles Selden, the testator of the complainant in this case, in the year 1859 took the requisite steps for obtaining the copyright of a book, entitled "Selden's Condensed Ledger, or Book-keeping Simplified," the object of which was to exhibit and explain a peculiar system of book-keeping. In 1860 and 1861, he took the copyright of several other books, containing additions...

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