Van Raalt v. Schneck
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin
In Equity. This is a suit in equity for unfair competition in trade and the infringement of a trade symbol. The bill was filed in July, 190G. Prayer for injunction and accounting. The complainants are dealers in fish, who reside in the Netherlands, and. ore engaged in importing fish to America.
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In Equity. This is a suit in equity for unfair competition in trade and the infringement of a trade symbol. The bill was filed in July, 190G. Prayer for injunction and accounting. The complainants are dealers in fish, who reside in the Netherlands, and. ore engaged in importing fish to America. It is alleged that, the complainants desiring to build up a trade in Milwaukee and vicinity in Holland herring, one of the members of the firm visited this country in .1900 and made arrangements with one Selle, a fish broker at Milwaukee, to handle the Holland herring packed by them. Boak & Go., of…
1Opinion of the CourtQuarles, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The record in this case is crude and unsatisfactory, resulting largel)^ from the fact that the defendant was not able to employ an attorney and has undertaken to manage his own case. The result was what might have been expected when one party is represented by shrewd counsel and the other side is without professional guidance or protection. The efforts of defendant to cross-examine were thwarted by technical objections, while the rules of evidence were not scrupulously observed in shaping up the complainants’- proofs. No evidence was offered before the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Root v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Kane v. Huggins Cracker & Candy Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Missouri · 1890
- Brennan v. Emery-Bird-Thayer Dry-Goods Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Missouri · 1900
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