COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO. v. ELM FARM FOODS CO.


337 Mass. 221 (1958)

148 N.E.2d 861

COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY vs. ELM FARM FOODS CO. (and five companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk..

March 11, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Groden, (Sidney Coggan of New York & Charles C. Worth with him,) for the plaintiff.

George E. Lodgen & Samuel M. Lane, (Robert F. Young of Ohio, Edward H. Bennett, Jr., & Thomas M. Joyce with them,) for the defendants.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., RONAN, SPALDING, COUNIHAN, & WHITTEMORE, JJ.


SPALDING, J.

The plaintiff, a manufacturer of toilet articles, brings these bills in equity under the fair trade law (G.L. [Ter. Ed.] c. 93, §§ 14A-14D) to enjoin the defendants from issuing to their customers trading stamps or cash register receipts, redeemable in merchandise, in connection with sales of fair traded items. The defendants are Elm Farm Foods Co. (hereinafter called Elm Farm), Stop & Shop, Inc. (hereinafter called Stop & Shop), Star...

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