BELT v. HAMILTON NAT. BANK

Civ. A. No. 2253-50.

108 F.Supp. 689 (1952)

BELT v. HAMILTON NAT. BANK.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

December 8, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Patterson and James T. Barbour, Jr., both of Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Harry L. Ryan, Jr., of Washington, D. C., for defendant.


HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

In an action to recover damages for the wrongful appropriation of an idea, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for $3,300. The defendant now moves for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

The salient undisputed facts which appeared at the trial are as follows. The plaintiff was in the advertising business and conceived an idea of creating a radio program, the participants in which were to be school children who had vocal or...

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