Summerfield Co. v. Prime Furniture Co.

This suit in equity was brought to restrain the defendant from unfair trade competition with the plaintiff. The case was referred to a master. The rule required him “to hear the parties and their evidence, to find the facts, and report the same to the court.”

Certain objections to the master’s report are printed in the record, but no exceptions were filed as required by Equity Rules 31 and 32. Such objections are not before us. Therefore, on the appeals of both parties, there is nothing before us except the pleadings, the master’s report, the interlocutory decree and the final decree. Smedley…