Coughlin v. Pinkerton
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J., entered October 30, 1905, upon motion of the defendants, quashing the sea-vice of summons.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
Appellant J. W. Coughlin instituted this action in the superior court of Spokane county, against respondents Éobert A. Pinkerton and William A. Pinkerton, to recover damages claimed to have been sustained by defamation of character. The complaint alleges that respondents are partners, under the firm name of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, engaged in the occupation of detecting criminals, ferreting out crimes, and doing other detective work, with offices and officers in most, if not all, the principal cities of the United States, and with an office in the city of Spokane in this…
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