Marlatt v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Kenosha county: E. B. Belden, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff, wbo was a newspaper reporter, bad a contract to furnish exclusively to the Milwaukee Free Press the scores of the state bowling tournament held at Kenosha, and filed with the agent.of the defendant at that place messages containing such scores for transmission to Milwaukee to the Eree Press.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Kenosha county: E. B. Belden, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff, wbo was a newspaper reporter, bad a contract to furnish exclusively to the Milwaukee Free Press the scores of the state bowling tournament held at Kenosha, and filed with the agent.of the defendant at that place messages containing such scores for transmission to Milwaukee to the Eree Press. Defendant’s agent, before sending the messages to the Eree Press at Milwaukee, copied the scores and sent them by telegraph to the Milwaukee Journal, which paper published them at the same time they…
1Opinion of the CourtViNJE, J.
Upon the question of compensatory damages the court instructed the jury that the elements thereof in this case were “the reasonable value of the information contained in the messages so wrongfully divulged by the defendant, which, according to the uncontradicted evidence, is $45, and such mental suffering as you are satisfied by the credible evidence was endured by the plaintiff, if any, because of anticipation of loss of business,.and loss of prestige or standing as a newspaper correspondent, which you are satisfied might reasonably be apprehended under such circumstances as are shown in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Koerber v. PatekWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
- Topolewski v. Plankinton Packing Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1910
- Cobb v. SimonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1903
- Summerfield v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1894
- Walsh v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1877
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