Borden v. Ellis

Opinion by

Ross, J.,

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas No. 1 of Philadelphia County reversing an order entered by the chancellor requiring defendant to render an account, on the theory that the agreement upon which the account was based was void as against public policy.

The plaintiff is the owner of “The Observer and Sporting News”, a newspaper published in Philadelphia County. The corporate defendant is “The Philadelphia Dispatch Publishing Company”, which also publishes a newspaper, “The Dispatch”, in Philadelphia. The bill as to the individual defendants has been…