Diamond Alkali Co. v. P. C. Tomson & Co.

DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court dismissing the bill of complaint for want of equity.

The plaintiff-appellant is a manufacturer of soda ash, caustic soda, bicarbonate, and washing soda. These were used by the defendant, whose factory was at Philadelphia. The plaintiff’s factory was at Fairport, Ohio. The parties thought that it would be to their mutual advantage if the defendant discontinued the operation of its plant in Philadelphia, and erected one near the plaintiff’s factory at Fairport, and purchased the materials which it needed from the…