Hide Article Text (OCR)
House of David Wins Court Rule Against WhiskersNEW YORK, May 24.—MP)—Beyond i per ad venture, to take words right out of Federal Judge John M. Wootsey’s mouth, there can be no copyright on the growing of beards. JFrom time immemorial/' said the I court* beards have been In the public domain. Any man, if so minded, may—without being subject to challenge, legal or equitable—not only grow such beardJ aa he can/ but may purposely Imitate another’s facial shrubbery, even to the extent of following euch topiary modification thereof aa may have caugse his fancy Judge Woolsey was ruling in the case of the House of David of Benton Harbor, Mich—where beard growing la an art—against Lou la Murphy of Spring Valley, 111, the proprietor of a bearded baseball team. The House of David sought—and the court granted—an Injunction to stop Murphy from continuing this practice, the House of David claiming prior rights to the use of beards on ball players.The court found nothing wrong in the fact that the Murphy boys wore beards, but held that the use of uniforms bearing the legend House of Dai Id was indication beyond perad-venture that the defendant (Murphy) is actuated by a desire not only un-fatrly to avail himself of the quaint appearance or the plaint if fa team, but to masquerade as the plaintiff's team and thu** unfairly compete with it.
Newspaper Details
Reno Evening Gazette
Reno, Nevada, US
Thu, May 24, 1934
Page 2
Full Page
Clipped by
Michael W.
NA, 26 Jul 2023
Other Publications Near Reno, Nevada
Nevada State Journal
Reno Evening Gazette
Weekly Reno Gazette
Weekly Nevada State Journal
Reno Weekly Gazette and Stockman
