H. Mueller Mfg. Co. v. A. Y. McDonaly & Morrison Mfg. Co.

REED, District Judge.

Complainant and defendant are rival manufacturers of and dealers in plumbers’ supplies and goods, including stopcocks and stop and waste cocks used in making connections with water service pipes. The bill alleges: That complainant has adopted as a trade-mark the letters “H. M.,” arranged in connection with a shield-like figure, which it places upon the goods of its manufacture, including those of the class above mentioned, to indicate that they are of its manufacture, and that by its long use of such trade-mark it has acquired the exclusive right to the use thereof, and…