Legal Opinion

King v. King

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided November 26, 1917No. 863PublishedCited by 16 opinions

ERROR to District Court, Albany County; Hon. V. J. Tidball, Judge. Suit 'by Francis S. King, et al., against Margaret E. King to establish proprietary rights in letters of the plaintiffs, which had been annexed to depositions used in a prior suit and thereafter by consent of parties left in the custody of the clerk under seal and also seeking an injunction restrain» ing defendant from gaining access to the letters or copies thereof, or from publishing them, or disclosing…

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ERROR to District Court, Albany County; Hon. V. J. Tidball, Judge. Suit 'by Francis S. King, et al., against Margaret E. King to establish proprietary rights in letters of the plaintiffs, which had been annexed to depositions used in a prior suit and thereafter by consent of parties left in the custody of the clerk under seal and also seeking an injunction restrain» ing defendant from gaining access to the letters or copies thereof, or from publishing them, or disclosing their contents. A temporary injunction having been denied, the plaintiffs bring error. The trial court denied the…

1Opinion of the Court

Blydjjnburgh, Justice.

• This is. a proceeding in error for the review of an order denying a motion for an order of injunction pending the action. It appears from the petition that certain personal and private letters written by the plaintiff, Mary E. King, were sent through the ordinary mails to and received by the plaintiff, Francis S. King, and the possession of which was surreptitiously and clandestinely obtained by the defendant, Margaret E. King; that in May, 1914, the defendant caused a deposition to be taken in which she testified concerning the contents of the letters and caused some…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Cowley v. PulsiferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
  2. Baker v. LibbieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
  3. Baltimore & Potomac Railroad v. Trustees of Sixth Presbyterian ChurchSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  4. Balt. & Pot. Rr Co. v. Trustees, Etc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1875
  5. Barrett v. FishSupreme Court of Vermont · 1899

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. In Re the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the PressCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
  3. United States v. MitchellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
  4. Hammock Ex Rel. Hammock v. Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1995
  5. Eick v. Perk Dog Food Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1952

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