Brown v. Vannaman
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Superior Court of Milwaukee County. The complaint alleges, in effect, as a first cause of action, that in November, 1890, the plaintiff established himself in business in the city of 'Milwaukee, and engaged in purchasing milk, cream, and buttermilk from parties in that city and vicinity and in the territory and country adjoining the city and county of Milwaukee, including one C. B. Lichtke, residing in the vicinity of Lannon, .Waukesha county, at wholesale,…
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APPEAL from the Superior Court of Milwaukee County. The complaint alleges, in effect, as a first cause of action, that in November, 1890, the plaintiff established himself in business in the city of 'Milwaukee, and engaged in purchasing milk, cream, and buttermilk from parties in that city and vicinity and in the territory and country adjoining the city and county of Milwaukee, including one C. B. Lichtke, residing in the vicinity of Lannon, .Waukesha county, at wholesale, and retailing the same to his patrons in the city of Milwaukee, and has continued such business ever since; that the…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed May 2, 1893:
Cassoday, J.
The plaintiff and the defendant were rivals in the same business and in the same city. The manifest purpose of the letter of May 13, 1891, was to induce the person to whom it was sent to stop selling milk and cream to the plaintiff and commence selling the same to the defendant. In other words, it was a written slander upon the plaintiff in his trade and business; and as such it tended directly to prejudice the plaintiff therein, and hence was, within the well-established rules of law, libelous per se, though not imputing any crime.…
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