Clegg v. New York Newspaper Union
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Action by Charles A. Clegg against the New York Newspaper Union and others. The plaintiff appeals from an order denying a motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtBrady, J.
This action was brought to recover damages sustained by the plaintiff for the breach of a contract by the defendants by which the latter were to advertise for him, they being publishers of a number of newspapers, and the plaintiff being an advertising agent. The issues were tried by a referee, and the complaint dismissed for the reason that the plaintiff had in two particulars failed to perform his contract. One of them was that by it the adveitising was to be subject to the usual rules and regulations, and that one of those rules was that the plaintiff should collect from his patrons the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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