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WEITZENKORN v. LESSER

Docket No. L.A. 22045.

40 Cal.2d 778 (1953)

256 P.2d 947

ILSE LAHN WEITZENKORN, Appellant, v. SOL LESSER et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 29, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fendler, Weber & Lerner, Harold A. Fendler, Daniel A. Weber and Robert W. Lerner for Appellant.

Aubrey I. Finn, Pacht, Tannenbaum & Ross, Clore Warne, Gordon Stulberg and Maxwell E. Greenberg as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant.

Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp and Arthur Groman for Respondents.

Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, Loeb & Loeb, Herman F. Selvin and Harry L. Gershon as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondents.

EDMONDS, J.

Ilse Lahn Weitzenkorn has sued Sol Lesser, Sol Lesser Productions, Inc., and RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., charging that they have unlawfully used literary property of which she is the owner. Her appeal is from a judgment of dismissal which followed an order sustaining the demurrers of the defendants without leave to amend.

[1a] In the first cause of action, against Lesser and Lesser Productions only, Weitzenkorn alleges that she originated...

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