▁Music ▁Publishing ▁Corporation ▁v . ▁El vis ▁Pres ley ▁Music , ▁Ot is ▁as ▁pla int iff ▁alleg ed ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁co - author ▁of ▁" H ound ▁Dog " ▁along ▁with ▁two ▁defend ants , ▁Le iber ▁and ▁St ol ler . ▁The ▁defend ants ▁denied ▁that ▁Ot is ▁wrote ▁any ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁song . ▁On ▁August ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁Ot is ▁signed ▁a ▁release ▁of ▁any ▁claims ▁to ▁the ▁song ▁in ▁exchange ▁for ▁$ 7 5 0 . ▁In ▁court , ▁Ot is ▁claimed ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁done ▁so ▁because ▁he ▁had ▁learned ▁that ▁the ▁defend ants ▁were ▁leg ally ▁inf ants ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁contract s ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 2 , ▁and ▁would , ▁therefore , ▁dis aff irm ▁any ▁contract ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁with ▁him . ▁This ▁made ▁no ▁sense ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Southern ▁District ▁of ▁Court ▁of ▁New ▁York : ▁" O tis ▁was ▁a ▁man ▁who ▁had ▁many ▁years ▁experience ▁in ▁the ▁music ▁business . ▁He ▁must ▁have ▁realized ▁that ▁even ▁though ▁Le iber ▁and ▁St ol ler ▁were ▁inf ants ▁they ▁could ▁not ▁dis aff irm ▁his ▁co - author ship ▁of ▁a ▁song , ▁if ▁in ▁fact ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁a ▁co - author ." ▁Further , ▁while ▁Le iber ▁and ▁St ol ler ▁acknowled ged ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁given ▁Ot is ▁one - third ▁of ▁the ▁mechanical ▁rights ▁for ▁the ▁original ▁Thor nt on ▁recording , ▁they ▁denied