Mack, Miller Candle Co. v. Macmillan Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtEdgcomb, J.
In 1927 the defendant, Macmillan Company, published a book written by Stuart Chase and F. J. Schlink, entitled “ Your Money’s Worth.” The book deals with the quality and utility of many well-known and widely-advertised articles of merchandise, and describes, among other things, how the quality as detailed in the advertisements differs from the actual facts as determined by laboratory tests. Numerous reprints of the book were had as late as 1931. The book had a wide circulation.
In a chapter entitled “Adulteration and Misrepresentation,’’ *739where the authors were speaking of cases which had come…
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