PRICE FIXATION.
COURT UPHOLDS AGREEMENT.
INTERESTING DECISION
iTer Fress Association.) HI .EN HELM, this day
The Supreme Courtvissued a writ of injunction, with 20s nominal damages, restraining William Edward Gasdoigne,' n grocer, 'from selling Palmolivo soap at less than the price fixed in an agreement he had entered into with the Palmolive Co., which brought the action against him. The defence was that selling soap at Bi,d for cash was equivalent to selling it at 9d. the fixed price, subject to discount, but Mr. Justice Ostler held that {his was a breach of the agreement. Costs on the middle scale were allowed.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17056, 10 June 1926, Page 12
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102PRICE FIXATION. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17056, 10 June 1926, Page 12
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