WITWER v. HAROLD LLOYD CORPORATION


46 F.2d 792 (1930)

WITWER v. HAROLD LLOYD CORPORATION et al.

District Court, S. D. California, Central Division.

November 18, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold A. Fendler and Ingle Carpenter, both of Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff.

R. C. Gortner and Lawler & Degnan, all of Los Angeles, Cal., and Walter N. Seligsburg, of New York City (Max Felix, of Los Angeles, Cal., of counsel), for defendants.


COSGRAVE, District Judge.

This action was brought by H. C. Witwer against Harold Lloyd Corporation, Pathe Exchange, Inc., Harold Lloyd, individually, and other employees of the Harold Lloyd Corporation. The bill charges infringement of the copyrighted story "The Emancipation of Rodney," written by Mr. Witwer, and published in the Popular Magazine on November 20, 1915. The infringing acts charged are the production and exhibition of the photoplay "The Freshman" and...

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