Elizabeth Jallis
Volume 54 · 54 F.T.C. 707
product labelingdeceptive advertising
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IN THE MATTER ELIZABETH JALLIS TRADING AS ERV A Y APPAREL CO. ORDER, ETC. , IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AND THE FUR PRODUCTS LABELING ACTS Docket 6838. Complaint, July 1957---,Decision, Dec. 10 1957 Order dismissing, for the reason that respondent had ceased business operations and her whereabouts were unknown, complaint charging a furrier in Dallas Tex., with failing to comply with the advertising, invoicing, and labeling requirements of the Fur Products Labeling Act; and with misrepresenting savings by enclosing purported credit checks in letters to customers and adding that amount to the regular price charged. 111orton Nesmith Esq. and John J. J.lathias Esq., for the Commission.
INITIAL DECISION BY JOHN B. POINDEXTER HEARI~G EXAMI:\TER On July 12, 1957 , the Federal Trade Commission issued a complaint in this proceeding alleging that Elizabeth Jallis, trading a,s ErvRY Apparel Co. , hereinafter called respondent, violated the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act a.nd the Fur Products Labeling Act in promoting the sale of furs.
A copy of the complaint was mailed to the respondent at her place of business located at 425 S. Ervay Street, Dallas, Tex. , by registered mail, but the enve.lope containing said complaint was returned by the postmaster undelivered. Attempts to personally serve said complaint by personal service were unsuccessful.
On October 25 , 1957 , counsel supporting the complaint filed a motion with the heating examiner in this proceeding setting out that the respondent has ceased business operations at her a.address in Dallas Tex. , tha.t her present whereabouts are unknown, a.nd requesting that said complaint be dismissed.
Under the eircumstanees, the hearing examiner is of the opinion that sa.id motion should be granted and the complaint dismissed. Accordingly, , (11s- It is ordered That the complaint herein be, a,nd it hereby is missed, ,vithout prejudice to the right of the Federal Tra,cle Commission to ta.ke. such further a.ction in the future against respondent as the f'Rds a.nd cireumsta.nces ma.y \varrant. Decision 54 F.
DECISION OF THE COMMISSION Pursuant to section 3.21 of the Commission s rules of praetiee, the initial decision of thehearingexaminer did, on the 10th day of December 1957, become the decision of the Commission. 1!i CENTURY PRODUCTS WORKS, INC. , ET AL. 709 Decision