Amos H. Van Horn, Ltd. v. Coogan
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On application for an injunction. Heard on bill and affidavits and answer and affidavits and depositions taken pursuant to-an order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Van Fleet, V. O.
This is an application for an injunction to prevent the defendants from fraudulently competing in business with the complainant. The complainant is a corporation and has succeeded to the business, business reputation and good-will of Amos H. Van Horn. Mr. Van Horn is its president. For more than thirty years prior to the complainant’s organization, Mr. Van Horn had carried on business in Newark as a dealer in household goods, and had established a large and lucrative trade. Among the articles which he sold for two or three years prior to the time when he transferred his…
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