Legal Opinion
Coats v. Merrick Thread Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Decided September 28, 1888PublishedCited by 1 opinion
In Equity. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
After issue joined and proofs taken, the plaintiffs moved to further amend their bill. The motion was denied, with leave to renew it at the hearing. It has been renewed, and is now granted, to make the case symmetrical. The plaintiffs’ firm have for a very long time made six-cord sewing thread, and sold it on spools of light-colored wood, holding 200 yards each; and since about 1842 have used on each spool-head a circular label, smaller than the head, of light gold color around a dark center, having a dark line around near the margin, and the firm name and the words “Best Six Cord” in a…
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