MacDonald v. Winfield Corporation

KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.

This is a suit for damages for, breach of contract and unfair competition. The substance of the cause of action is that the defendant, having agreed to transfer to the plaintiff an established library equipment business, refused to carry out certain of its obligations under the agreement and entered into generally unfair competition with the: plaintiff. The defendant’s right to compete is not questioned, but it is charged that the defendant’s trade practices and methods constituted, in effect, an unfair and malicious attempt to appropriate or destroy the goodwill of…