Legal News Publishing Co. v. George C. Knispel Cigar Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the municipal court of St. Paul to recover $37.50 subscription price of plaintiff’s-newspaper. The answer admitted that defendant subscribed for “Finance and Commerce/’ but denied that he subscribed therefor for a period .of two years and six months from May 16, 1914, or that he ever agreed to pay $15 per annum for the periodical; he further alleged that the subscription having been made plaintiff on April 15, 1914, presented a bill for $6 which was paid and that…
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Action in the municipal court of St. Paul to recover $37.50 subscription price of plaintiff’s-newspaper. The answer admitted that defendant subscribed for “Finance and Commerce/’ but denied that he subscribed therefor for a period .of two years and six months from May 16, 1914, or that he ever agreed to pay $15 per annum for the periodical; he further alleged that the subscription having been made plaintiff on April 15, 1914, presented a bill for $6 which was paid and that plaintiff was then and there directed to discontinue the delivery of the periodical to defendant. The case was tried…
1Opinion of the CourtDibell, J.
Action to recover the subscription price of a newspaper. There were findings for the defendant and the plaintiff appeals from the order denying its motion for a new trial.
1. The plaintiff publishes a newspaper known as “Finance and Commerce” and delivers it in part by carrier and in part by mail. The defendant subscribed for the paper for one year from May 16, 1913. It was delivered to him by carrier. He claims that on April 15, 1914, when he paid the last half of the year’s subscription, he ordered the paper discontinued. There is evidence that on that date he sent a notice of discontinuance…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Goodland v. Le ClairWisconsin Supreme Court · 1890
- Austin v. BurgeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1911