Weiss v. Whittemore
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne circuit. The declaration was as follows: “For that, whereas, 'the plaintiff herein was for a long space of time, to wit: from the year 1866 to the year 1869, the general agent for the state of Michigan for the sale of the Knabe piano, and also for the sale of the Steinway-piano, which latter is sometimes called the ‘King,’ and is-also sometimes called the ‘ King of Pianos,’ and had the-sole and exclusive right of sale of both of said pianos for the city of…
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Error to Wayne circuit. The declaration was as follows: “For that, whereas, 'the plaintiff herein was for a long space of time, to wit: from the year 1866 to the year 1869, the general agent for the state of Michigan for the sale of the Knabe piano, and also for the sale of the Steinway-piano, which latter is sometimes called the ‘King,’ and is-also sometimes called the ‘ King of Pianos,’ and had the-sole and exclusive right of sale of both of said pianos for the city of Detroit, in the county and state aforesaid, for the space of time aforesaid; that in the year 1869, afore-said, the…
1Opinion of the CourtChristiancy, J.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff in error against the defendants in error in the Wayne circuit court, for a libel.
The defendants demurred. The court sustained the demurrer and rendered final judgment with costs against the plaintiff, which he brings to this court by writ of error.
The declaration is based upon the publication by the defendants, in The Detroit Free Press and The Detroit Tribune, of an article claimed to be false and libelous, and to have been injurious to the plaintiff in his trade or business, as an agent for the sale of Steinway pianos, so called.
As a copy of the…
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