Swift & Co. v. Brenner

WHEELER, District Judge.

This suit is brought for unfair competition in trade in the sale of soap. The plaintiff deals in what it calls “Old Mill Soap.” It is put up in cakes in single packages marked on the top, “Old Mill Soap,” with a picture of an old mill,and, underneath, “Made by Swift & Co., Chicago,” and on each side, “Old Mill Soap made by Swift & Co., Chicago.” The defendant, under the name of the Crown Manufacturing Company, has made and put up soap in single cakes, on the top of which is “Old Stone Mill Soap,” with 'a picture of an old mill, and under it, “Made by Crown Mfg. Co.,”'…