Cowan v. . Fairbrother
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil aotioN, commenced in the Superior Court of Durham County, for an injunction. There was a restraining order issued, and the case was heard by Graham, Judge, at Chambers, in Oxford, Geanvillb County, on July 29, 1896, on plaintiff’s motion for an injunction to the final hearing.
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Civil aotioN, commenced in the Superior Court of Durham County, for an injunction. There was a restraining order issued, and the case was heard by Graham, Judge, at Chambers, in Oxford, Geanvillb County, on July 29, 1896, on plaintiff’s motion for an injunction to the final hearing. The summons issued July 1, 1895. The plaintiff alleged that on December 29, 1893, the defendants, A1 Eairbrother and M. H. Eairbrother, being then the owners and editors of the Durham Daily Globe and the Durham Weekly Globe, and of other property connected with and necessary to their publication, and being then…
1Opinion of the Court
Avery, J.:
Where a person acquires a reputation for-sliill and learning iii his profession as a lawyer or a physician, he often creates an intangible but valuable property by winning the confidence of his patrons and securing immunity from successful competition for their business.. So, where an editor, by reason of his style, his power, his. pathos, his humor, his learning or of any gift or attainment, attracts subscribers solely by such personal qualities, he imparts a peculiar value to the good will and property of a newspaper which goes with him, to its injury, when he leaves it and lends…
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