MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.
Daly filed his bill in the Circuit Court of the United States against George P. Webster and others for the purpose of enjoining and restraining defendants from performing the scene in the play of "After Dark," known as the "railroad scene," on the ground that it was an imitation of a similar scene in complainant's play, "Under the Gaslight," which complainant alleged he had copyrighted August 1, 1867, under...
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