Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Hess Bros.

Scheirer, J.,

Pharmaceuticals, Inc., now known as J. B. Williams Co. Inc., has brought this complaint in equity to enjoin Hess Brothers from selling J. B. Williams Co. products at less than listed fair trade prices . . .

Defendant introduces a defense, novel in this Commonwealth in fair trade cases, that plaintiff, a foreign corporation, having failed to register with the Secretary of the Commonwealth in accordance with the provisions of the Act of May 5, 1933, P. L. 364, art. X, sec. 1001, 15 PS §2852-1001, has no standing in our court. The act provides that, if the entire business operations…