Lawrence Manufacturing Co. v. Tennessee Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE. This was a bill of complaint filed by the Lawrence Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Massachusetts, against the Tennessee Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Tennessee, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Tennessee, alleging. that plaintiff had been, and was, engaged in the manufacture and sale of sheetings; that in said trade several standards…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE. This was a bill of complaint filed by the Lawrence Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Massachusetts, against the Tennessee Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Tennessee, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Tennessee, alleging. that plaintiff had been, and was, engaged in the manufacture and sale of sheetings; that in said trade several standards or classes of goods were generally recognized, the first of which included sheetings of such weight that two and…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
After a careful examination of the evidence in this record, we are satisfied that the conclusions of the Circuit Court upon the facts are substantially correct. While there may be a conflict in some particulars, we regard the defendant’s contention upon all points material to the disposition of the case as clearly sustained by the weight of the evidence, which we dp, not feel called upon-to recapitulate.
In Canal Company v. Clark, 13 Wall. 311, 322, it was said by Mr. Justice Strong, speaking for the court, that “ the office of a trademark is to point out distinctively the origin or ownership…
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