City of New York v. Windsor Madison Corp.

The plaintiff, the City of New York, instituted this action to restrain permanently the defendants from selling or offering to sell to the public goods and merchandise by advertising or otherwise in such manner as to reasonably convey to the public that upon the disposal of the stock on hand the business would close absolutely and finally.

Service of process was effectuated upon the corporate defendant, and not upon the individual defendants.

The record discloses that the corporate defendant (hereinafter called “defendant”), conducted a retail men’s haberdashers'" on Madison Avenue, New York…