Vice-Chancellor's Court, ...
tel tne nsing ot tule 4,ourt, lsr. AGAR movedt tor an injunction that tie defendant shouli be restrainied, by the order of the Court, from publishing and seciling a new edition of Rowley'e play of - Arew Wron&dr, a KWozan nlever Vext, under the title of the revived vetsionl of the samne plav which is now acting at Covent-garden. iNMr. L'lanche, who was a plaintiff' in the bill, had altered the old play in various rcspedts, and AmonR other tlings he had invented a new title for it-that of' A IWo,ntan never Vr.rt, or the JVidow nf CornIdill. llis alteration hatd been successfully played at Covent-zarden, and he had sold the copyright of it to Mlr. olby, the other plaintiff. The latter had published the copy he had so purchased, but he found that its sale would be materi:aly injured, and hisr hopes of profit disappointed, owing to the defendant's having publishetb the old play with the altered title. This was unquestionably an infringement on the property of Mfr. Dolby, because the title was that wbich marl'eJ4 the distinction between tbe plav publishled by hin, and that which lad been in the world for nearly two centuries, and had becomethe property of any body. t 1: was, inoreover, a frauid upon the public: because Mr.lxowndes's edition purported by its tidce-page to be-what in fact it was not-the play acted at Covent.garden. The VICE-CHANCELLao aske.l it' the defendant had copied any part of the alteretd coriledy. Mlr. A(}AR said, that besides the title page lie had copied the cha- racters as they are now played. In every other respect, MIr. [,owndes's edition of the comeAly was lile all those which had been publishel before. The VIcg.CiiNi-cEYT.oss thought that it would be better for the plaintiffis to amtend their bill, and to inake the praver include both the points mentioned by the counsel-by praying that the defendant should be restrained from publishing the old comedy with thie new title. The application might be renewed on Alonday. Mr. AGAIt acquiesced In thig suggestion, antl said he would move again on Monday. I VICE-CHANCEI,LOR'S COURT, SATrUDAY, Nov. 20. DOLB'Y AND ANOTHER V. LOIVNDES.