Putnam v. Morgan

HAND, District Judge.

I am not at all sure that I should have found the complainant's business fraudulent, if it had come before me for an independent decision. I certainly believe that, the article sent-to customers is a “new safety razor outfit,” and that, if they expect more, they have only to thank the delusion of their own cupidity, which a reasonable reflection would have shown them was without just basis. Perhaps it is a misstatement of the seller’s intention to say that she gives away a razor “free,” if ten cents is more than she ever means in fact to charge for the soap, when it is…