Omaha daily bee., 1891-03-23
FOR HEAVY DAMAGES.
Irate Eusiness Men Suing Brad
s,rePt's Commercial AgencI.

Irate Eusiness Men Suing Brad
Streets Commercial AgencS.
Federal court opens today with Judges
Love and Shiras on the bench. There are
not many suits to be tried at this term and it
is possible that it will not last over a week
Two Of the most important suits that are TO
come before the court are those in which the
Bradstreet commercial agency are made de-
fendaut, together with II. s. Green, its agent
at Dow City. Both suits are for $780,
damages. 5. f. Dow being plaintiff in one
and Abner Graves in the other. They Were
brought originally in the district court OF
Crawford county, but were removed to the
United States court on the l1tn Of the pres
ent month The allegations of the plaintiffs
in both cases are almost identical.
Mr.. Dow states that he has been resident
for years Of Dow City, and member of the
firm of S. L. Dow 81 Co, the firm doing an
immense business in buyingan selling grain
aud live stock, and also in farming and real
estate affairs, and that the firm had excellent
credit. The petition states that the Brad
street company is company organized under
the laws of Connecticut; is well known
throughout the United States, having large
clientage, the business of the company being
the obtaining of information as to The tiuan-
cial standing ana character of business men
OF the country, and that II. S. Green has
been the agent at Dow City.
In each case the petitions state that on
December q, 1890, Green forwarded a tele
gram to the Des Moines agent, stating that
plaintiff had transferred large blocka of real
estate in such a way as to affect his mer-
camille credit and financial standing and to
cast suspicion on his honesty and integrity,
and that the telegram was so understood by
the party receiving the telegram; that the
company in turn notified its subscri bers and
Others of the action of plaintiff IN about the
terms (rrpan N.
scribers generally understood the informa-
ton to be Of such character as to iniure the
credit of the firm; that in truth plaintiff did
transfer some property to the Dow invest
ment company, Of which he was organizer
and heavy stockholder. for which he re-
ceived $4,000 in stock in said company.
1t is further alleged that said Green on
December "a, 1890, worded message to the
Des Moines agency to the effect that the
firm had failed that this information was
| also forwarded to the subscribers of the
| company, greatly damaging and njuring
plaintih; that by the publication OF such
false and libel0us statements plaintiff has
been damaged in thesum of 100000. Plant
IFS are represented by Berryhill Il Henry,
Kaufman & Guernsey and j. p. Connor.
Accompanying the petition for a removal
20 the federal court are two interestin affi-
| davits. The first is by II. s. Green, who
states that he is not the agent of the com
pany at Dow City and sent no such kilograms
to its Des Moines agent. The other is by
Charles Orsiuger, agent at Des Moines, who
states Green is not employed at Dow City
! and that no information concerning plaintiff,
as charged. was received and circulated by
the company.
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