French Bros. Bauer v. Townsend Bros. Milk Co.

The action is for injunction, on the ground of unfair competition. The plaintiff company claims that the defendant company, by enticing away the employes of the plaintiff, for the purpose of securing trade routes built up by the plaintiff company, and in the use of the name Townsend Bros. Milk Company, in an endeavor to seize the good will of the plaintiff company, is guilty of unfair competition.

The facts as disclosed by the record are:

In 1906, a corporation known as the French Bros. Dairy Company purchased the Townsend Milk Company, at that time owned and operated by John Townsend, the…