Legal Opinion
Kiernan v. The Manhattan Quotation Telegraph Company
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 15, 1876PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVan Brunt, J.
— The questions to be determined in the decision of this case, are three in number:
First. Had the plaintiff any right of property in the foreign financial news obtained by him from the Associated Press "Corporation, and transmitted by him to his customers % Second. Has the defendant, the Manhattan Quotation Telegraph Company, made use of this news by transmitting it over the wires to its customers ?
Third. If the plaintiff had a right of property in the news received by him from .the Associated Press, did he abandon such right when he transmitted the news to his customers ?
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