The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-01
WHAT Is 1T WORTH
QUESTION OF DAMAGES FOR 4
HrRT BUSINESS REPUTATION.
Award BIna $4,000 Against an
Insurance Conpany-A Letter In

When A man sets our 20 estimate dam
ages Il dollars the task = Sometimes d.
a-slt ons For instance. hos nlEzc6 cESar
a husband 20 tax a corporation Tor killing
his wlfe7 Ard now much r a reputation
taat has b@@1 damaged WORTH
Tha latter problem John Creagh mas been
seeking 20 solve ard hs hzs answered K
~ nEng a szit against TIE Equitable Life
AazuEancs Society. and The Tacoma agents
q sae COMPANY WaserhoGse & Prigcaard.
For g go The case was als6 and nun
bereA several days ago in the King eouE y
superior eours. bat the complaint id not
appear until yesterday When The suit
vas arst brought Judge jacobs s-gn@d ar
order removing . 20 ire ctrcixlr court u
TIE unlted States. bet nation vas made
70 vacats tbs order This motion was %
have come - yesterday. but i YVES con-
tfuuec uutfl October = Nean~nEls. ire
complaint fled yesterday ~ the county
clerks ofIce gives Mr.. Creazh's side % the
transactions which have led ap - the SUIT.
lie claims ;hat for more than eight years
prior 20 these transactions he had bean the
trusted aEeBt for the Equitable Life As
surance Soctsty. and no. only for that or
ganlzation. bur for various other concerns
and that ~ always discharged his o5aga-
tons wt:h honesty and serupulous fidelity.
handling large SUNS q money Ii 8 NAT
uer entirely satisfactory . his employers.
lie had occasion he says. 20 coilec. a
premium fruxn one wooshouse whereEpon
waterhouse & Prftchara addressed the fol-
loving letter &C yerex Wheeler s. Co
general agents % the company az Van
coaver. 3 G.. from Tacoma under date O.
April u. iss5:
Gentlemen. Receiving 20 your favor q
the 18Th inst. regarding the premium paid
b. a STR Wsodnouze 20 CreaZh, the soc5-
ety's former agent IN Vancouver. Ar.
In
self n he loses the 80 - he paid 70 Crsagh.
ard II ne also permanently loses his insur-
ence on account % that prsmiurn having
iapSed He WIS sent two notices advising
him 81 the date Il was due 70 whom Il was
70 - paid. ard particularly warning hin.
70 pay X 70 10 one else Crragh had TO
contract With ne society az the time this
premium was paid. He never had any au-
thogfty 20 make aEv collections for the So
cte'v. he knew this very Wei when he
collected THIS premium. and his failure 70
remit the rrenium Is q case OF era0eZz3e-
ufeut II Mr. Woodhouse wants 70 pay his
premium 20 Tom. Dick and Harry. %
course that Il bis privilege. bat he cannot
expect the society 70 recognize any such
ia vrnenf- The course for him 70 pursue
- a. once 70 make a demand on creagh
for the return Of the money paid TO hin.
ard II this f. nor forthcoming 70 institute
criminal proceedings against him
We shah - glad 70 ask the society 20
relnEtate Mr. W0pdhouee's policy az any
tire II he viii forward rs 81 - with a
certificate OF good health. Yours very
truly
'wATERHoUsE & PRITCHARD.
Manager
CreaEh charges II MS complaint that
this latter Is wholly false and untrue from.
the words "Cresgh had no contract" down
20 and Including the words institute Grim
iuai proceedings against him" What Is
sfill more 20 the point. n his action for
damages he charges that the letter was
shown 20 che Earrer. IN Tacoma with
whom he was just al that time neEotiat-
Ing for the formation q q partnership II
the real estate and insurance business
which. according 70 Creagh's representa-
tons. promised him an annual proalt q
Ns5o. When FaTrer read The letter Creagh
says Il broke up the prospects Of TIRE part
nership. He estimates his consequent less
81 business AID the damage to IFS Eeputa-
ton ~ the modest sum Of g. 60