Munn & Co. v. Americana Co.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from a decree of the court of chancery advised by Vice-Chancellor Emery, -whose opinion is reported in 82 N. J. Eq. 68, US. 443.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Swayze, J.
The basis of suits of this character is the damage or possibility of damage to the complainant, not the damage or probability of damage to the public. The question sometimes discussed is whether relief may be rested on a personal basis alone or whether damage to property rights is necessary — a. question left undecided in this court in Vanderbilt v. Mitchell, 72 N. J. Eq. 910, 926. In án early English case the court refused an'injunction, to .restrain the sale of a quack medicine under the name of the complainant, an eminent physician. Clark…
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