Legal Opinion

Allen B. Wrisley Co. v. Iowa Soap Co.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 30, 1903No. 1,794PublishedCited by 43 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa.

1Opinion of the Court

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

The complainant, Allen B. Wrisley Company, a corporation, and its predecessor, manufactured at Chicago, in the state of Illinois, and sold throughout the country in pound packages, a soap which they branded “Old Country Soap,” from 1876 until the commencement of this suit. In 1898 the Iowa Soap Company, the defendant, commenced to make and has since manu*797factured at Burlington, in the state of Iowa, and sold throughout the country a soap in pound packages, which it branded “Our Country’s Soap.” The complainant exhibited its bill to restrain the Iowa company from the use…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. McLean v. FlemingSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Gorham Co. v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  3. Canal Co. v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  4. Columbia Mill Co. v. AlcornSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  5. Brown Chemical Co. v. MeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1891

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Life Savers Corporation v. Curtiss Candy CoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1950
  2. Scandinavia Belting Co. v. Asbestos & Rubber Works of America, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1919
  3. Plaza Co. v. WhiteCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1942
  4. Walgreen Drug Stores, Inc. v. Obear-Nester Glass Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
  5. S. R. Feil Co. v. John E. Robbins Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1915

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