Apollo Stationery Co. v. Pilmar

Motion for a temporary injunction is denied and the stay vacated. Plaintiff seeks to enjoin a former employee and others from soliciting its customers or doing any business with them, alleging that defendant Pilmer has obtained a listing of its customers in an improper manner and for the purpose of competing with it.

Plaintiff’s citations are clearly distinguishable from the present case, for example; In Conviser v. Brownstone & Co. (209 App. Div. 584) the defendant used a list of plaintiff’s customers dishonestly obtained by defendant from one of plaintiff’s employees ; in Duane Jones Co. v.…