Cook & Bernheimer Co. v. Ross

LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.

The Hannis Distilling Company has for many years manufactured a rye whiskey, which it sells ax wholesale in barrels under the name of ‘-Mount Vernon Pure Rye Whiskey.” The brand lias long been well known and popular. Dealers in whiskey have; been accustomed lo buy this variety in barrels, and, after bottling it themselves, offer it to (lie trade in the smaller package under the* name of ‘‘Mount Vernon.'’ The purchaser’s assurance (hat the whiskey in the bottles is pun; Mount Vernon, unaltered by rectification or otherwise, of course depends upon the reputation and…