Legal Opinion
Potter-Wrightington, Inc. v. Ward Baking Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 20, 1923No. 1744PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
By this suit in equity plaintiff seeks relief against alleged unfair competition and trade-mark infringement.
About 1889, the firm of Potter & Wrightington, the predecessor of the plaintiff corporation, began dealing in flour, acting as commission merchants for mills in the West. Some three years later, they installed milling machinery in their plant in Boston, and ground wheat into wheat meal.- Later they bolted out the coarser particles of bran, thus making what is commonly known in the trade as “whole wheat flour.” About 1902, they moved into the five-story building,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hanover Star Milling Co. v. MetcalfSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- United Drug Co. v. Theodore Rectanus Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Aunt Jemima Mills Co. v. Rigney & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
- Taylor v. CarpenterU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1844
- Ammon & Person v. Narragansett Dairy Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1919
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Rosenberg Bros. & Co. v. ElliottCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1925
- National Lead Co. v. WolfeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
- Colgate-Palmolive Co. v. Mistolín de Puerto Rico, Inc.Supreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1986
- Ralston Purina Co. v. Saniwax Paper Co.District Court, W.D. Michigan · 1928
- W. G. Reardon Laboratories, Inc. v. B. & B. Exterminators, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1933
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