Brewer v. George Knapp & Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York
Motions to Set Aside Service of Summons. These are two actions for libel brought by William S. Brewer and the Union Associated Press against George Knapp & Co., a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Missouri. The actions were commenced in the supreme court of New York, by the service of a summons in each case upon one Wallace G. Brooke, as managing agent of the defendant in the city of New York.
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Motions to Set Aside Service of Summons. These are two actions for libel brought by William S. Brewer and the Union Associated Press against George Knapp & Co., a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Missouri. The actions were commenced in the supreme court of New York, by the service of a summons in each case upon one Wallace G. Brooke, as managing agent of the defendant in the city of New York. The defendant has specially appeared in each case, and removed both actions from the state court into the United States circuit court for this district. Motion is now made by the…
1Opinion of the Court
TENNE5T, District Judge.
It seems hardly necessary that a formal opinion should be given upon the facts presented in these two cases, especially after the lucid opinions that have already been published in several reported cases in both the federal and state courts bearing upon this same subject. But it is contended by counsel for .the defendant that the facts presented in the cases at bar, are different, and should be distinguished, from the facts presented in the reported cases, and especially in the cases of Brewer and the Union Associated Press against: the Ohio State Journal Company,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States v. American Bell Telephone Co.United States Circuit Court · 1886
- Brayton v. New York, Lake Erie & Western RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1893
- Palmer v. Chicago Herald Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1895
3Cited by1 opinion
- Union Associated Press v. Times-Star Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York · 1898