Legal Opinion
Town & Country House & Home Service, Inc. v. Newbery
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 16, 1958PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVast Voorhis, J.
This action was brought for an injunction and damages against appellants on the theory of unfair competition. The complaint asks to restrain them from engaging in the same business as plaintiff, from soliciting its customers, and for an accounting and damages. The individual appellants were in plaintiff’s employ for about three years before they severed their relationships and organized the corporate appellant through which they have been operating. The theory of the complaint is that plaintiff’s enterprise “ was unique, personal and confidential ”, and that appellants cannot engage in…
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- Witkop v. BoyceNew York Supreme Court · 1908
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