American Graphic Co. v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action brought in the district court for Hennepin county, to recover $1,100 for advertising defendant’s railway in plaintiff’s newspaper, (the Daily Graphic, an illustrated newspaper published in, New York,) and furnishing defendant with 30,000 copies of the paper, pursuant to the contracts mentioned in the opinion, by the terms-of which the defendant was “to furnish the necessary matter for publication, photographs and drawings for the display.”
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Action brought in the district court for Hennepin county, to recover $1,100 for advertising defendant’s railway in plaintiff’s newspaper, (the Daily Graphic, an illustrated newspaper published in, New York,) and furnishing defendant with 30,000 copies of the paper, pursuant to the contracts mentioned in the opinion, by the terms-of which the defendant was “to furnish the necessary matter for publication, photographs and drawings for the display.” At the trial,, before Lochren, J., the plaintiff had a verdict. The defendant appeals from an order refusing a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
Upon the trial of this action, there was an abundance-of testimony introduced, tending to show that subsequent to the making of the original contract between the plaintiff, by its agents, and the defendant, by its general manager, its terms were changed and altered by mutual consent, and that thereupon the manager directed and. authorized the passenger agent to reduce these changes and alterations to writing, which was done, and to thereafter carry out and attend to all of the details of the publication, which included the furnishing of information and material in regard to- defendant’s…
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