Kronthal Waters, Ltd. v. Becker
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
In Equity. Suit for unfair competition in trade. On demurrer to bill and motion for preliminary injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLAND, District Judge.
A bill in equity is filed and a motion for a preliminary injunction made to restrain unfair competition- in trade alleged to be carried on by the defendant in the use of a bottle and dressing for a mineral water so closely resembling that of the complainant that the imitation is a fraud not only upon complainant, but upon the public. A demurrer was filed to the bill, which was argued together with the motion for a preliminary injunction, and both questions will therefore be disposed of in this opinion.
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- Piper v. Laughman, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1889
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