Hall v. Stern

Wallace, J.. The proofs in this accounting do not show that the complainants lost the sale of their patented mirrors to the extent that *789similar mirrors were sold by the defendants. Both parties were merchants in the city of New York. The complainants sold the mirrors mainly to retailers in that city. The defendants were retailers of general fancy goods. ■ Up to the time when the defendants began to import mirrors and compete in the retail trade with complainants’ customers, they had bought exclusively of the complainants, and their purchases wore from $1,000 to $1,200 annually. They imported…