Electrolux Corp. v. Val-Worth, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtRabiN, J.
The plaintiff is the manufacturer of the well-known “Electrolux” vacuum cleaner. The appealing defendants are Solomon Sacks doing business as “ Famous Vacuum Shops ” and “ Famous Appliance Shops ”, and Vacuum Cleaner Conservation Company, Inc. (hereinafter called “ Conservation ”) of which corporation Sacks is the president and principal stockholder.
Since 1948 Conservation has been buying from the plaintiff and others, quantities of traded-in Electrolux vacuum cleaners of a discontinued model. With plaintiff’s knowledge, Conservation would then recondition the cleaners and resell them as…
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