Dolph v. Troy Laundry Machinery Co.

The motion by the defendant for a new trial raises the questions whether the contract in suit was void as one in restraint of trade, and whether the correct rule of damages was given by the judge in his instructions to the jury. The facts, so far as they are necessary to the consideration of these questions, may be briefly stated. The parties were competitors in the business of manufacturing and selling washing-machines throughout the United States, the plaintiff’s place’of business being at Cincinnati and the defendant’s at Troy. They were the principal, but not the only, manufacturers in…