Madison Products Co., Inc. v. Coler

Hiscock, Ch. J.

Plaintiffs brought this action to restrain defendants from interfering with then- respective businesses through enforcement of an ordinance adopted in and for the city of New York. Instead of securing this relief their complaint has been dismissed as not stating a cause of action and, therefore, we are simply concerned with the sufficiency of its allegations.

The plaintiffs having separate businesses have united in bringing this action on the ground that they have a community of interests which justifies them in so doing and which proposition is not questioned by the defendant.…