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DtCiSlON FAVORS OASTORIAJnclgc Groascn^ Grant* on InjunctionAgainst Imitator# of Tills ValuableKctnedj,A decislou of genera! interest w'da dellv ered lately at Chicago by Judge Peter 8 Grosscup of the United States Circuil Court, giving the Ceutuur Company oi New York City, manufacturer# of'Cos loria, a world renowued remedy, an in juuctiou against the member# of the Chi cago firm of Ilurd, Young Hirschon. acting as agents of the Pitcher Mediciiif Company of Duluth, Minu.Judge Grosscup, In his decision, find* that the defendants manufactured, pul up and sold imitotiou tvh»ttKTS, labels and packages, n preparation known as “Cas torla. The Court held that such monu facture and use of original label Wflfi c gross violation of the Centaur Company'*: rights. The judge thereupon issued on injunction restraining the defendants from Imitating the original castoria labels for Centaur Company. Messrs. Hamline. ncott find Lord appeared as attorneys for the Ceutdur Company. During the hearing of the cose an affidavit was rend from Dr. Samuel Pitcher, the originator Of the preparation caatorin, in which he stated that the Centaur Company only had the right to use his formula and his name.Charles H. Fletcher, president of the company, has been most active in tracing the source of spurious goods that were found on the market and offered for sale tls the real article. He discovered that the Imitation wnfl first put on the market by the Sager Drug Cdmpflny of Duluth. Minn., and that Mr. Hurd atid others handled the preparation in Chicago. I’he sale was found so easy that the agents proceeded to put up a preparation of their own, thus checkmating their principals The decision just rendered covers both iro itntlons. The Centaur Company arc now taking steps to proceed criminally against druggists who hove been talked into laying in a Stock of the counterfeit **Cas toria.”■ ■ ~a
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The Virginia Enterprise
Virginia, Minnesota, US
Fri, Dec 23, 1898
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