I. R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.
This action concerns the ownership of the renewal right in the copyright on a popular song entitled "Mary Lou." Both plaintiff and defendant claim renewal rights through Abe Lyman, one of three co-authors. Defendant's claim arises under an unrecorded assignment from Lyman in 1936, plaintiff's under a 1942 assignment, duly recorded. After a trial without a jury the court below entered judgment for defendant, finding that the 1936 assignment...
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