Joseph Triner Corp. v. McNeil

This is a proceeding instituted by the plaintiff seeking relief under the provisions of the Fair Trade act, approved July 8, 1935. (Ill. State Bar Stat. 1935, p. 3091; Smith’s Stat. 1935, p. 2893.) The title of the statute expresses its purpose as “An act to protect trade-mark owners, distributors and the public against injurious and uneconomic practices in the distribution of articles of standard quality under a trade-mark, brand or name.” Section 1 provides:

“Sec. 1. No contract relating to the sale or re-sale of a commodity which bears, or the label or content of which bears, the…