McIlhenny Co. v. Gaidry
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error and Cross-Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Rufus E. Foster, Judge. Action by Rowell R. Gaidry against the Mcllhenny Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and each party brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
This was an action by Lowell R. Gaidry, a citizen of Louisiana and a manufacturer of a sauce called “Tabasco Pepper Sauce,” against Mcllhenny Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Maine, to recover damages for alleged wrongful conduct of the defendant in interfering with the plaintiff’s business, by falsely and in bad faith representing, by papers, circulars, and letters, to dealers throughout the country, including those who have handled the plaintiff’s product, that the defendant has an exclusive trade-mark right in the name “Tabasco,” and…
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