Shonk Tin Printing Co. v. Shonk
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. O. H. Horton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice. Scholfield
delivered the opinion of the Court:
This is a bill in equity, praying that appellee be enjoined from using or divulging trade secrets conveyed to appellant by appellee, and from claiming that appellant had gone out of business and that appellee is its successor. The circuit court awarded the injunction, as prayed, but the Appellate Court for the First District, on appeal to it from that decree, rendered judgment that it be reversed, and that the cause be remanded with directions to the circuit court to dismiss the bill., The judgment of the Appellate Court must be…
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