Legal Opinion

Horwich v. Walker-Gordon Laboratory Co.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 26, 1903PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Writ of Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding. This is a bill for an injunction, brought by the.

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Writ of Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding. This is a bill for an injunction, brought by the. Walker-Gordon Laboratory Company in the superior court of Cook county, to restrain the plaintiffs in error from buying, selling, keeping for sale, trafficking in or having in their possession or control for the purposes of sale, any of the bottles of such company upon which are contained the words “Walker-Gordon Laboratory,” “Registered,” and the figure of a basket containing bottles, all blown in the glass of the bottle. The action is based upon the…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott

Plaintiffs in error contend that the statute under which this proceeding is brought is unconstitutional, and in the view taken by this court it is unnecessary to determine any other question.

The first section of the act provides that the owners of cans, tubs, firkins, boxes, bottles, casks, barrels, k'egs, cartons, tanks, fountains, vessels or containers, with his, her, its or their names, brands, designs, trade-marks, devices or other marks of ownership stamped, impressed, labeled, blown in or otherwise marked thereon, may register such names, brands, designs, trade-marks, devices or other…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. . CannonNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
  2. Millett v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Lippman v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Eden v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
  5. Gillespie v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1900

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Joseph Triner Corp. v. McNeilIllinois Supreme Court · 1936
  2. Commonwealth v. Kentucky Jockey ClubCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
  3. Pacific Coast Dairy v. Police CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1932
  4. State v. MorseSupreme Court of Vermont · 1911
  5. Commonwealth v. GoldburgCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915

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