The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-27

Telegraph COMPATIBILITY of Inspe
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Telegraph COMPATIBILITY of Inspec-
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lineman in the employ of a telegraph
company sustained an injury by reason Of
the breaking of a pole upon which he was
working. In an action against the COM
pany for damages IL was held that the
duty of inspecting a telegraph pole before a
lineman climbs IL TO work thereon, IL not
that of the lineman himself. is the positive
duty of the company. which is responsible
for the failure to have such inspection
made, Notwithstanding il has engaged an
other. however competent. TO perform the
duty Il14 Fed. Rep. Pa-), 2S2
-Libel-Privileged Communications
An information bureau in New York city
sent out TO its correspondents printed re
ports or circulars marked CONFIDENTIAL
and containing the following: "A man Civ
ing the name Of Edward Payson Critcher is
soliciting for subscriptions 10 a financial
page Of the New York Tribune. II is sup
posed to be a page set aside for the pur-
pose of advertising financial houses. This
man answers 10 the description of pro-
fessional advertising schemer named Ed
ward Payson Weston. and we believe him
TO be the same man. The scheme he pre-
sents is one where the page of some daily
paper is subsidized for the purpose OF car
rying on a private enterprise. This, OF
course, gives the scheme the backing OF
the paper to a certain extent. The ques-
ton is: Why did this man change his
name? In an action for libel, IT was shown
to be clearly mistake as 10 identity, that
vestigation. that the circular was not
privileged communication. and that YER
dict of $1,000 for the plaintiff was not Excess
sive. ALBANY Law Journal for May-l
-Larceny-Goods Stolen in Another State
The Supreme Court of North Carolina
decided in a late case that if one has stolen
property in another State and brought il
INTO that State the courts of North Caro-
lima have no jurisdiction in the matter.
II the crime was originally committed In
Georgia or South Carolina Ii was an Of
Tense against the law of the State where
the theft was committed. l41 ;. Z.
(Furches). 1911
-Sale-Bona Eide Purchaser
The Supreme Court of Mississippi has
lately held that a sale by one partner of
the entire stock of goods owned by part
nership, without any suspicious circum-
stances charging the purchaser with notice
of the sellers intent to defraud his cred
itors. is valid. Isl So. Rep. SAL
Municipal Corpora acknowledgment OF
Salary Claims
The Court of Appeals recently decided
that as the assignment by city employees
of their salary claims is contrary to public
policy. the city cannot require license for
carrying on the business of buying such
claims. l67 S. W., SIS.
Intoxicating Liquors-Minor in Saloon
A retail liquor dealer and the sureties on
his bond liable for the act of the deal
er's employee in allowing minor TO enter
and remain in the dealers place of bust
ness. I67 S. w. CTex.), &c.,
-Negligence-Warning Employees
A foreman of a gang of men engaged In
clearing trees from a railroad right of way
and in constructing a roadbed thereon was
not required to warn one of the employees,
who was a deaf mute, but whose sight was
unimpaired, of the danger incident to the
telling of the trees. [5O So. Rep. (Ala.),
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