Task: songer_confess

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals. The issue is: "Did the court conclude that a confession or an incriminating statement was improperly admitted? Consider only incriminating statements made by the defendant." Answer the question based on the directionality of the appeals court decision. If the court discussed the issue in its opinion and answered the related question in the affirmative, answer "Yes". If the issue was discussed and the opinion answered the question negatively, answer "No". If the opinion considered the question but gave a mixed answer, supporting the respondent in part and supporting the appellant in part, answer "Mixed answer". If the opinion does not discuss the issue, or notes that a particular issue was raised by one of the litigants but the court dismissed the issue as frivolous or trivial or not worthy of discussion for some other reason, answer "Issue not discussed". If the opinion considered the question but gave a "mixed" answer, supporting the respondent in part and supporting the appellant in part (or if two issues treated separately by the court both fell within the area covered by one question and the court answered one question affirmatively and one negatively), answer "Mixed answer". If the opinion either did not consider or discuss the issue at all or if the opinion indicates that this issue was not worthy of consideration by the court of appeals even though it was discussed by the lower court or was raised in one of the briefs, answer "Issue not discussed". If the court answered the question in the affirmative, but the error articulated by the court was judged to be harmless, answer "Yes, but error was harmless". 

BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
This case concerns burial hearses having a movable casket table adapted to being projected laterally outside a side door of a hearse so as to receive a coffin and thereafter to be turned back into a longitudinal position in the hearse. It will be seen that the hearse could in this way stand sideways along a curb and not at right angles and stop traffic. This structure was embodied in patent No. 1,721,391, granted July 16, 1929, to Heise. Subsequently one Henney acquired an exclusive license of the patent to make, use, and sell the patented hearse. Thereafter he granted a sublicense to the Eureka Company, the plaintiff. It brought the present suit against the Henney Motor Company, which had acquired Henney’s right to the patent, charging unfair competition and praying an injunction restraining defendants from making alleged misstatements as to plaintiff’s interest in the patent. On final hearing, the court below, in an opinion reported in (D.C.) 14 F.Supp. 764, 766, dismissed the bill. Thereafter Eureka took this appeal. Reference to such opinion obviates restatement of the voluminous proofs and contentions of the parties.
In the final analysis the case narrows to the issue stated by the lower court in its opinion as follows: “Can Eureka sell Heise parts or tables to hearse manufacturers separate and apart from finished hearses ? The real controversy between the parties hinges upon the answer to that-question. If Eureka can sell such separate parts, then its nonexclusive license was not forfeited and the alleged acts of unfair competition on the part of defendant are not justified. On the other hand, if Eureka cannot sell such separate parts its non-exclusive license was forfeited and the advertisements and statements of defendant may be justified.”
On the hearing before us both parties ask us to determine this question and end the controversy. The pertinent provisions of the sublicense to Eureka are as follows: “The Licensor hereby grants to the Licensee a nonexclusive license to make in its principal place of business wherever situated, and at no other place or places and to use and sell in the United States and throughout the world hearses and other vehicles embodying the inventions disclosed or claimed in said above identified applications for letters patent. * * * said grant to be subject to the following terms and conditions. * * * The Licensee agrees to keep accurate books of account showing dates of shipment or delivery of each and every side loading hearse (or assembly of principal parts used in making hearses) shipped or delivered by Licensee during the term of this agreement, said books to clearly show the name and address of each customer and the serial number of each hearse shipped to each customer. * * * Licensee agrees to use its best efforts to promote the sale of side loading hearses. Should Licensee during any calendar year during the term of this agreement fail to manufacture and sell a minimum of Twenty hearses embodying side loading features, it is agreed that said failure of Licensee to so manufacture and sell shall automatically terminate this agreement.”
After argument and full consideration of the terms of the sublicense, we are of opinion Eureka had no right to sell Heise parts or tables to hearse manufacturers separate and apart from finished hearses and, so holding, the decree of the court dismissing the bill, on account of our so construing the sublicense, is affirmed.

Question: Did the court conclude that a confession or an incriminating statement was improperly admitted? Consider only incriminating statements made by the defendant.
A. No
B. Yes
C. Yes, but error was harmless
D. Mixed answer
E. Issue not discussed
Answer:

Answer: E