HOLMES v. HURST

No. 124.

174 U.S. 82 (1899)

HOLMES v. HURST.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 24, 1899.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Rowland Cox for appellant.

Mr. Andrew Gilhooly for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

This case raises the question whether the serial publication of a book in a monthly magazine, prior to any steps taken toward securing a copyright, is such a publication of the same within the meaning of the act of February 3, 1831, c. 16, 4 Stat. 436, as to vitiate a copyright of the whole book, obtained subsequently but prior to the publication of the book as an entirety.

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