Mills Novelty Co. v. Farrell

THOMAS, District Judge.

By stipulation this case is at final issue upon the bill of complaint, answer, affidavits, exhibits, and oral testimony. The question presented is whether plaintiff’s rights have been violated in view of the provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

The evidence shows that the Mills Novelty Company, an Illinois corporation, doing a business estimated at $6,000,000 annually, is engaged in the manufacture and sale of candy mints as well as a certain type of automatic vending machine described as the “Mills Non-convertible Tender.” It…