SHELDON v. MOREDALL REALTY CORPORATION


22 F.Supp. 91 (1937)

SHELDON et al. v. MOREDALL REALTY CORPORATION.

District Court, S. D. New York.

July 1, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Brien, Driscoll & Raftery, of New York City, for complainants.

J. Robert Rubin, of New York City (Walter H. Pollak, Earle L. Beatty, and Samuel D. Cohen, all of New York City, of counsel), for respondent.


PATTERSON, District Judge.

The suit is for copyright infringement. At the trial the only issue raised by the defendant was whether the suit might be maintained on the equity side. The defendant moved that it be transferred to the law side under rule 22 of the Equity Rules, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723.

In the bill the plaintiffs alleged that they wrote a play "Dishonored Lady" and obtained copyright on it pursuant to the Copyright Act, as amended, 17...

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