Slonaker v. P. G. Publishing Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Stern,

In 1930 one Leo T. Bowman conducted a newspaper distributing business in the Dormont district of Allegheny County. He was the sole distributor there of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a daily newspaper published by defendant company. He offered to sell to plaintiff the part of his business which related to the Post-Gazette. Plaintiff visited Raymond Foudray, defendant’s circulation manager, and had a conversation with him upon which he bases his cause of action in the present suit. According to plaintiff’s version of the interview, he wanted to find out from Foudray…