Legal Opinion

St. Louis Piano Manufacturing Co. v. Merkel

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided February 28, 1876PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. cited: Candee v. Deere, 54 HI. 434; Upton on Trade-Marks, 22, 85, 86, 87, 98, 179 ; Colloday v. Baird, Am. T.-M. Cas. 257-259 ; Eowley v. Houghton, Am. T.-M. Cas. 489 ; Browne on Trade-Marks, secs. 54, 66, 67, 129, 310, 311, 312, 335, 680; Amoskeag Mfg. Co. v. Spear, Am. T.-M. Cas. 93, 96; Corwin v. Daly, Am. T.-M. Cas. 265 ; Phelan v. Wright, Am. T.-M. Cas. 307 ; Wolfe v. Godard, Am. T.-M. Cas. 226; Town v. Stitson, Am.

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1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.

The St. Louis Piano Manufacturing Company instituted proceedings against the appellants, charging them with pirating its trade-mark, and asking an injunction, and for damages. It declared that it manufactured pianos of a particular kind, and distinguished its manufacture as the “Bell Treble” Piano. This name, it contended, it had appropriated. Its work was known by it, and defendants had done it a wrong by usurping it. It stated that it first adopted the name “ Bell Treble ” as a trade-mark, under which name it has ever since extensively advertised its pianos, by circulars and newspaper…

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