Legal Opinion

American Stay Co. v. Delaney

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided February 29, 1912PublishedCited by 41 opinions

Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on June 14, 1910, and afterwards amended, in which the plaintiff, a corporation engaged extensively in the business of manufacturing and selling leather welting used in the manufacture of shoes, and a successor of the Union Welting Company, sought to enjoin the defendant, who since 1897 continuously had been in the employ of the plaintiff and its predecessor, from disclosing or making use of trade secrets alleged to belong to the…

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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on June 14, 1910, and afterwards amended, in which the plaintiff, a corporation engaged extensively in the business of manufacturing and selling leather welting used in the manufacture of shoes, and a successor of the Union Welting Company, sought to enjoin the defendant, who since 1897 continuously had been in the employ of the plaintiff and its predecessor, from disclosing or making use of trade secrets alleged to belong to the plaintiff, the plaintiff averring that the defendant had obtained knowledge thereof in the course and by reason of his…

1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.

The motion to recommit having been addressed to the judicial discretion of the trial court, and no exceptions having been taken, the plaintiff’s appeal from the interlocutory decrees denying the motion and confirming the master’s report present no questions for our decision. Bakshian v. Hassanoff, 186 Mass. 255. Crosier v. Kellogg, 210 Mass. 181. Lipsky v. Heller, 199 Mass. 310. The bill, however, having been dismissed, *231the plaintiff’s appeal from the final decree brings up for determination the question, whether upon the master’s findings equitable relief should be granted.

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2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Gayler v. WilderSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
  2. Solomons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  3. Agawam Co. v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  4. Gill v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  5. Peabody v. NorfolkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Louis Kamm, Inc. v. FlinkSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1934
  2. Sherman v. PfefferkornMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
  3. Ginn v. AlmyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
  4. Junker v. PlummerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
  5. Victor Chemical Works v. IliffIllinois Supreme Court · 1921

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