A. Bauer & Co. v. Siegert
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. In the year 1824 Dr. Johannes G. B. Siegert, a physician and ex-surgeon general of the army of the republic of Venezuela, and the father of the appellees, and then resident of the town of Angostura, on the Orinoco river, in the republic of Venezuela, established a business in the preparation and sale of certain bitters originally named “Aromatic Bitters,” but for a long time known to…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. In the year 1824 Dr. Johannes G. B. Siegert, a physician and ex-surgeon general of the army of the republic of Venezuela, and the father of the appellees, and then resident of the town of Angostura, on the Orinoco river, in the republic of Venezuela, established a business in the preparation and sale of certain bitters originally named “Aromatic Bitters,” but for a long time known to commerce as “Angostura Bitters.” The business was continued by him during his lifetime. In 1864 he took his son Carlos,…
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). This is to us a plain case. The dress employed by the appellant, the character and color of the bottle, the character and color of the neck label, the character, color, and arrangement of letterpress on the body label, and the unusual covering of the bottom of the bottle with *84the label, renders it clear that the appellant sought to, and did, palm its goods as those of the appellees. If confirmation were needed, it is found in the use by the appellant of the bottles which had contained the bitters of the appellees. We cannot credit the assertion of the…
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