Dunlap's Cable News Co. v. Stone
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Action for injunction by Dunlap’s Cable Hews Company, a corporation existing under the laws of Hew Jersey, and engaged in the business of collecting news, and furnishing the same to all newspapers which may apply therefor, against David M. Stone, as president of the Hew York Associated Press, an unincorporated association, existing under the laws of Hew York, also engaged in the business of collecting news and furnishing the same to…
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Appeal from special term, New York county. Action for injunction by Dunlap’s Cable Hews Company, a corporation existing under the laws of Hew Jersey, and engaged in the business of collecting news, and furnishing the same to all newspapers which may apply therefor, against David M. Stone, as president of the Hew York Associated Press, an unincorporated association, existing under the laws of Hew York, also engaged in the business of collecting news and furnishing the same to the newspapers. The prayer of the complaint was “for judgment against the defendant, and said New York Associated…
1Opinion of the CourtBarrett, J.
The plaintiff’s application amounted to nothing more nor less than an attempt to restrain the defendants from transacting their lawful business in their own way, lest in doing so the plaintiff’s rival business should be injured or diminished. The defendants have a perfect right to limit the sale of the news which they collect to those who contract to deal exclusively with them. They are private individuals, dealing, it is true, with a large public, but governed by no corporate duty or statutory obligation. They certainly owe no duty to the plaintiff, which is a foreign corporation, attempting…
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