DRESSER v. WILLIAM MORROW & CO., INC.


278 A.D. 931 (1951)

Davis Dresser, Respondent, v. William Morrow and Company, Inc., et al., Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

June 20, 1951.


Per Curiam.

The contract between the parties, while perhaps at variance with the usual pattern of contracts between author and publisher, is a complete and unconditional grant by the plaintiff to the defendant of the right to publish the plaintiff's literary works in book form, in such style and manner as the defendant shall deem expedient and at such time or times as it shall see fit, in consideration for an outright...

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