Englander v. McKesson-roeber-kuebler Co.

The right to use the name Silver Crest as a trade-mark for gin and other alcoholic beverages is the object of the litigation. McKesson Robbins, Incorporated, and Englander, each claiming to own the mark, seeks to restrain the other from using it.

McKesson and its predecessors had been manufacturers of drugs for many years. Its subsidiary corporations were scattered throughout the country, doing a wholesale business. With the approach of repeal of the prohibition amendment, it organized Spirits Import Company to engage in the liquor business, especially around New York, and it had its wholesale…