Giles v. Dunbar
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed February 19, 1901, to restrain the defendant Dunbar from buying milk for use in his business from any person other than the plaintiff.
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Bill in equity, filed February 19, 1901, to restrain the defendant Dunbar from buying milk for use in his business from any person other than the plaintiff. The first paragraph of the bill was as follows: “1. On or about the first day of January, A. D. 1901, the plaintiff was possessed of a certain valuable interest and right of property, viz.: the exclusive right, by virtue of a contract between himself and the defendant Dunbar, to sell the said Dunbar milk that the said Dunbar should use or require in his business.” The eleventh paragraph was as follows: “ 11. The plaintiff, as…
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
We are of opinion that the decree of the court below sustaining the demurrer and dismissing the bill was right. The bill sets out that the plaintiff has an exclusive contract with the defendant Dunbar to sell to him the milk that he should use or require in his business, and that he paid $100 as a consideration for the contract; and this is all so far as the contract is concerned. The relief sought against Dunbar is that he be restrained from buying milk for use in his business *24from any person other than the plaintiff during the existence of said contract. There is nothing-stated as to the…
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