Menter Co. v. Brock
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to restrain defendants for a period of four years from establishing or conducting a retail credit clothing store in the city of Minneapolis in which defendant Brock should be employed, from using lists of customers of plaintiff and from soliciting trade of the patrons of plaintiff by means of letter, circular or advertisement.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to restrain defendants for a period of four years from establishing or conducting a retail credit clothing store in the city of Minneapolis in which defendant Brock should be employed, from using lists of customers of plaintiff and from soliciting trade of the patrons of plaintiff by means of letter, circular or advertisement. The case was tried before Waite, J., who when plaintiff rested granted without prejudice defendant’s motion to dismiss on the ground that plaintiff had failed to make out a cause of action warranting an issuance of an…
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
The action is to enjoin defendants from carrying on the same business which plaintiff is engaged in in the city of Minneapolis. When plaintiff rested, the court dismissed the action. The appeal is from the judgment of dismissal.
No error is claimed in the dismissal of any defendant other than Brock. As to Brock the facts are these: Plaintiff operated a chain of clothing stores in many of the large cities of this country. It has one in Minneapolis, and Brock became its manager on April 4, 1916, at the' weekly salary of $35. The contract of employment was in writing signed by both parties. It…
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