Jewelers' Mercantile Agency v. Rothschild
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Alonzo Rothschild and another, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the Ytli day of March, 1896, punishing them for contempt of court by fine and imprisonment, with notice of- .an intention to bring up for review upon such appeal an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 20th day of August, 1895, adjudging the defendants to be in contempt.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The complaint in this action alleged that the plaintiff was engaged in the business of a mercantile agency, which business consisted in obtaining from various sources information with regard to the names, places of business, street addresses, particular kinds of business, and other information as to individuals, firms and corporations engaged in the jewelry trade throughout the United States and Canada, and in furnishing confidentially for the use of its subscribers the information thus obtained ; that this information so obtained was arranged and tabulated, and that the…
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