Santa Monica Ice & Cold Storage Co. v. Rossier

For a number of years the plaintiff had been engaged in the sale of ice in the City of Santa Monica through distributors who. were paid a salary and commission. The defendants, Rossier, Matheson and Matheson, as copartners, were selling ice out of Culver City under the trade name of Pure Ice Company. The defendants, Jacobs, Sr., Jacobs, Jr., and Tanner, were employees of plaintiff. In March, 1938, the three last named defendants left plaintiff’s employment and engaged to work for the partnership in competition with plaintiff. The Santa Monica district had been divided by plaintiff into two…