White v. Trowbridge
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 292, Jan. T., 1905, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Crawford Co., No. 2, Nov. T., 1902, dismissing bill in equity in case of H. P. White and Carl Bender, trading as Trowbridge Chocolate Chip Company, v. W. S. Trowbridge. Bill in equity for an injunction.
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Appeal, No. 292, Jan. T., 1905, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Crawford Co., No. 2, Nov. T., 1902, dismissing bill in equity in case of H. P. White and Carl Bender, trading as Trowbridge Chocolate Chip Company, v. W. S. Trowbridge. Bill in equity for an injunction. Thomas, P. J., found the facts to be as follows : 1. That for a period of two and one-half years and upwards, prior to January, 1900, the defendant, W. S. Trowbridge, was engaged in the city of Meadville in the manufacture of confectionery, consisting of thin oblong pieces of molasses candy coated with chocolate, and generally…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Potter,
Counsel for appellants have here advanced the proposition that by the mere transfer of his interest in the good will of the business, the defendant was precluded from entering into a similar business in the same town, and prosecuting it in competition with the old firm, of which he had been a member. The position is wholly untenable. “ Good will ” has been de*20fined by Judge Cooley as the favor which the management of a business has won from the public, and the probability that old customers will continue their patronage: Chittenden v* Witbeck, 50 Mich. 401; and…
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