Lion Brewery v. Lion, Inc.

WATSON, District Judge.

This case is before the court on objections to interrogatories propounded by the plaintiff under Equity Rule 58 (28 U.S.C.A. following section 723).

The plaintiff filed a bill in equity seeking to enjoin the defendant from alleged unfair competition and infringement of plaintiff’s trade-mark. The plaintiff avers uninterrupted use of its trade-mark by itself and its predecessors since about 1870. The defendant filed an answer denying infringement and unfair competition and set up a counterclaim also alleging unfair competition and infringement of defendant’s trade-mark by…