Powell v. Valentine

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

• This action was for an injunction to restrain unfair trade practices.

The plaintiffs, who for some years past had respectively conducted morning and evening newspapers in Coffeyville, the “Sun” and the “Journal,” formed a partnership in January, 1919, consolidated their newspapers, suspended the publication of the “Sun,” and thereafter continued to serve the readers of both papers by the publication of the “Journal.” The plaintiff Platz, who had been the individual owner of the “Sun” before. the merger, continued to maintain a business…