Shredded Wheat Co. v. Humphrey Cornell Co.
District Court, D. Connecticut
In Equity. Suit by the Shredded Wheat Company against the Humphrey Cornell Company and another.
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, District Judge.
This is a suit in equity, charging the defendants with unfair trading, and is now before the court on final hearing upon pleadings and proofs.
The gravamen of the bill is contained in the fourth and fifth paragraphs which reads as follows:(4) “That from the beginning of the manufacture of whole wheat hiseuit by your orator’s predecessors and continuously to the present time your orator has manufactured for sale and consumption such biscuit in a particular and peculiar shape and form; that such biscuit was produced and baked so as to present a distinguishing eye…
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- Washington Gas Light Co. v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Elgin National Watch Co. v. Illinois Watch Case Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Saxlehner v. Eisner & Mendelson Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Lawrence Manufacturing Co. v. Tennessee Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
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