Jewellers' Mercantile Agency, Ltd. v. Jewellers' Weekly Pub. Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Action by the Jewellers’ Mercantile Agency, Limited, against the Jewellers’ Weekly Publishing Company (now the Traders’ Weekly Company) and others. There was a judgment in favor of plaintiff, and defendants appeal. Affirmed. For decision on appeal from order denying defendants’ motion for a bill of particulars, see 20 N. Y. Supp. 749.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
The judgment appealed from enjoined the defendants from making any use of the plaintiff’s reference books or confidential sheets, and from copying, appropriating, printing, publishing, or using in any way, information taken therefrom, or furnishing such information to others. Such judgment is based on the following facts found by the court: The plaintiff, a domestic corporation' or-" ganized in 1883, has ever since been engaged in the business of a mercantile agency, which consisted in obtaining from various sources information regarding the places of business, street addresses, particular…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Tabor v. . HoffmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Palmer v. . De WittNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Kiernan v. The Manhattan Quotation Telegraph CompanyNew York Supreme Court · 1876
- Boucicault v. HartU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1875
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