Opinion

Brown v. Doscher

  • 20 N.Y.S. 900
  • 49 N.Y. St. Rep. 196
Court
New York Supreme Court
Filed
Nov 18, 1892
Status
Published
Author
Lawrence
On the bench
Lawrence
Cited by
0 cases

The opinion

Lawrence, J.

No case was made out in the court below for the granting of an injunction pendente lite. The second wrapper of the defendant cannot, we think, be regarded as such an imitation of the plaintiffs’ wrapper as to be likely to deceive a purchaser of ordinary care and caution; and as to the first wrapper adopted by the defendant, but abandoned by him before the motion was heard, we deem it sufficient to say that, in view of the allegations in the defendant’s affidavits that the plaintiffs were themselves guilty of attempting to mislead the public, by a statement upon the label used by them that their form of cake and title were protected by a trade-mark secured, which statement is shown by the papers to have been false, the plaintiffs have not shown such a superior equity as entitles them to a preliminary injunction. We think that the rights of both parties can be more accurately determined and adjudicated upon the trial of the action than upon a hearing on affidavits, and are therefore of the opinion that the order below should be affirmed, with costs and disbursements. All concur.

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