Ford Motor Co. v. Benjamin Boone, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Oregon; Robert S. Bean, Judge. Suit by the lord Motor Company against Benjamin E. Boone, Incorporated, and others. Bill dismissed, and plaintiff appeals. Reversed, with directions.
1Opinion of the Court
DIETRICH, District Judge.
The plaintiff company is the manufacturer of the Ford automobile. It maintains what it calls an agency for the sale of its cars and extras, and for repair work, at Portland, Or. ' The defendants are engaged in a general automobile business in that city, but have never been authorized by the plaintiff, either as agents or otherwise, to sell its products. The suit is brought to restrain them from engaging in what the plaintiff claims to be unfair practices, by which its rights are violated and the public is deceived. Upon the defendants’ motion the bill was dismissed in…
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