Inter Ocean Publishing Co. v. Associated Press
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill for an Injunction.—Trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. H. Waterman, Judge, presiding. Decree dismissing the bill; appeal by complainant. Statement.—Appellant is an Illinois corporation, and had, for some time prior to March, 1893, been engaged in the publication of a daily and also a weekly newspaper at Chicago, its principal place of business.
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Bill for an Injunction.—Trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. H. Waterman, Judge, presiding. Decree dismissing the bill; appeal by complainant. Statement.—Appellant is an Illinois corporation, and had, for some time prior to March, 1893, been engaged in the publication of a daily and also a weekly newspaper at Chicago, its principal place of business. The appellee is also an Illinois corporation, organized in the year 1892, for pecuniary profit, and the purpose for which it was organized was “ To buy, gather and accumulate information and news; to vend, supply, distribute and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Windes
It appears from the foregoing statement that appellant is seeking to enforce specifically one part of a contract between it and appellee, when it is also shown that appellant has disregarded and violated another part of the same contract. In other words, appellant asks this court to allow it to retain its membership and stock in the Associated Press, and have the benefit of the news accumulated by the latter, at the contract price, without complying with that part of the contract which requires appellant-to refrain from receiving news from any person or corporation which has been declared by…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Purdy v. HallIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- Flinn v. OwenIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
- Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Lane v. Union National BankAppellate Court of Illinois · 1898