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E. Spinner & Company Vs. Neuss Hesslein Corporation 054 Phil 224

E. SPINNER & COMPANY, plaintiff-appellant, vs. NEUSS HESSLEIN CORPORATION, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 31380 | 1930-01-13

D E C I S I O N


STREET, J.:

This action was instituted in the Court of First Instance of Manila on November 23, 1926, by E. Spinner & Co., of Manchester, England, for the purpose of restraining the defendant, the Neuss Hesslein Corporation, organized under the laws of the Philippine Islands, from using the word "Wigan," as applied to khaki textiles sold by the defendant in the Philippine Islands, and to recover damages for violation of the plaintiff's trade-mark right in the word "Wigan" and for alleged unfair competition committed by the defendant in the use of the same. Upon hearing the cause the trial court absolved the defendant...