Kintner v. Atlantic Communication Co.

MAYER, District Judge.

The questions involved are highly interesting, and, in some respects, novel. The report is from a special master of experience and distinction whose opinions command great respect; and, both for that reason and because of the nature of the case, the reasons for disagreement will be somewhat fully set forth.

Atlantic, an American corporation, owned and operated a radio station at Sayville, Long Island. From August 1,1914, to April 7, 1917, this station carried on wireless telegraph communication with the station at Ñauen, Germany, owned by a German corporation known as…