GREENBIE v. NOBLE


151 F.Supp. 45 (1957)

Marjorie Barstow GREENBIE, Plaintiff, v. Hollister NOBLE, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Sears Roebuck and Company, National Broadcasting Company, Inc., Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborne, Inc., E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. (Inc.), Foote, Cone & Belding, Inc. and Hallmark Cards, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

April 3, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Socolow, Stein & Seton, New York City, for plaintiff. Monroe E. Stein, New York City, of counsel.

Satterlee, Warfield & Stephens, New York City, for defendants Doubleday & Company, Inc. and Sears Roebuck & Co. James F. Dwyer, George C. Shively, New York City, of counsel.


LEVET, District Judge.

This is a suit for damages for copyright infringement brought pursuant to the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq. Trial was before the Court without a jury. Plaintiff, Marjorie Barstow Greenbie, is the author of a book entitled, "My Dear Lady," which was published on October 7, 1940. It is alleged that one Hollister Noble, one of the defendants above named, infringed the copyright of the aforesaid book by writing and causing to be published...

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