Heinz v. Lutz Bros.
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County
No. 285 October Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 92 January Term 1891, C. P. No. 2, in Equity. On October 24, 1890, Henry J. Heinz, George H. Prager and Frederick Heinz filed a bill in equity against Jacob Lutz and Julian J. Lutz, doing business as Lutz Brothers, praying for an injunction to restrain the defendants from using on fruit preserves, etc., manufactured and sold by them, a certain label charged to be in imitation 'of a label previously adopted and used by the…
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No. 285 October Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 92 January Term 1891, C. P. No. 2, in Equity. On October 24, 1890, Henry J. Heinz, George H. Prager and Frederick Heinz filed a bill in equity against Jacob Lutz and Julian J. Lutz, doing business as Lutz Brothers, praying for an injunction to restrain the defendants from using on fruit preserves, etc., manufactured and sold by them, a certain label charged to be in imitation 'of a label previously adopted and used by the plaintiffs to designate goods of their manufacture, and to be calculated to deceive purchasers as to the origin of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Chief Justice Paxson :
This bill was filed by the plaintiffs in the court below, to restrain the defendants from selling packages of fruit preserves, fruit butters, or jellies having thereon any labels resembling the labels of the plaintiffs. The latter does not claim that there has been a violation of a technical trade-mark, but that the labels used by defendants so closely resemble those of the plaintiffs that purchasers are likely to be deceived. Both parties, plaintiffs and defendants, are engaged in the same line of business, the former in the city of Pittsburgh, the latter in…
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