Matusow Manufacturing Co. v. Weinraub

Alessandroni, J.,

Plaintiff instituted its action in equity by summons. Thereafter a petition was filed praying for a rule on defendants to show cause why plaintiff should not have discovery under the then Equity Rule 35, now Pa. R. C. P. 4001 et seq. The petition averred that plaintiff employed one Emanuel Steinberg as a salesman; that Steinberg sold merchandise to defendants outside the normal channels of business, that defendants purchased the merchandise with the knowledge that the salesman lacked the authority to make such sales; that the only record of the extent of the purchases is in…