The sun., 1895-01-13
BANKRUpTSALE, ,NEWSTYL.
CURIo US INJUNCTION CASE IN TEE
DRY GOODS TRADE.

"The Entire bankrupt stock, Seized By the
SheriG, OF HeinhnrdtS" "-Mennt $500
worth, Not SEQ oOO worth what Dts
Greenwsid- Customers Think It Messtt
A suit in equity. involving the right Of an In
solvent firm TO the exclusive use of Its name,
has been begun In the Supreme Court before
Judge barrett who has granted preliminary
injunction restraining Grocnwnld Bros of Third
avenue and Eighty-seventh street from using
the name OF Roinhardt IN advertising for sale
certain dry goods once in the store OF Edward
Renhardt, who failed Dec 20. or any other
goods.
Reinhardts store was at Third avenue and
EiRhty.sixth street, a block below Greenwalds'.
When Roinhardt failed one OF his creditors re-
plevined about 5000 worth of goods. These
were bought on Jan. by Greenwald at the
SheriT's sale. Tho rest of tho Reinhardt stock
Is now on sale at retail at the Relnhardt store
by the asssignce's order. according to the
Yorker HcrOId of Jan. rs follows;
u,,-,- GnEESwAlps, .
b,v. ba h" snch e,sed II, the
SHcrIa % thc 6rm OF Reiqhordts Eighty sixth .,rsss
business. wore forced % suspend asn3rt time ago,
wers ever known In tho business world.
Mr.. Reinhardt hopes to resume business after
asottlement and has already secured the names
of several OF his creditors com promise agrec-
,ncnt. f9r this reason he took exception to ths
Sntiro stock. said to bo worth SEQ 900, In sddi-
tion to the advertisement in the Herold II was
averred that the Grcenwalds placarded their
showcases and store outside and inside, with
signs bearing Reinhnrdts name, and Indicating
that a sale OF Reinhardt stock was under way
there.
These statements were embodied in an am
davit, which was presented to Justice Barrett
with prayer for an order restraining the
Greenwalds from further using the petitioners.
name. The affidavit further set forth, referring
to recent similar occurrences in the dry goods
world:
retail dry goods dealers in the city Of New York
TO buy a few dollars worth OF goods from fail.
ing or insovent firm. and, after paying In many
Instances more than the actual value OF the
goods and getting them Into their possession,
extensively advertise that the entire stock OF
from to % o" oents ss 't aoar and tSereSs
goods of the insolyent falling nrm when in fecs
they are buying inferior goods for moro than
In order to replevin goods the merchant de-
string to replevn must make oath that the
&r ReiehaTds sie u adsrt say. ~ ' That % sse 500
worth OF goods bought by the Greenwalds wore,
AZ % sG sf s. ss ai .
Reinhardts goods. The petitioner, besides ask
s r s by ne
use of the Reinhardt name be awarded TO him.
The srsqmsint on the petition is set down ios
1t orders:
1nat henry u. GreenWhu ana blHmunO ~. Vfconr
wald and their agents are enloned from using the
n e m FOR ss or ang
or n Ss 5
s S % s hs or or wrssa
thereon either inside outside the place of defend
% tom with %srehSnise c4possd % BY them for sale
Thi, Injunction Mr., Rosenbaum personally
served upon the defendants at O'Clock Friday
practically told by them to get out. They
places in the store. and at twenty min.
utes past they had taken eleven of these
Of glass showcases they had standing outside
the store. This morning these signs were still
there, as was also a big sign fifty feet wide, the
width of the store. the outside of the building,
saying the Reinhardt sale was going on. I had
a number of people go and look at the place, 90
they could be witnesses and also had photo
graphs taken from every available place. show
ing the signs in position Now ! have made an
application to Justice Barrett for an order 70
show cause why the defendants should not bs
punished for contempt"
tanned such order from Jud dge O'Brien.
The Junior of the Grecnwald firm said yester-
day that the firm had advertised nothing more
than they had purchased from the Reinhardt
that they had bought tho whole stock. but that
they advertised "Reinhardt's bankrupt stock
seized by the Sheriff now on sale here" He
said also that no more Reinhardt signs had been
put out after the service OF the injunction than
were already out. and that the reason tho signs
were not taken in on Friday night was that the
nfa 0sn Unable S eoaS not .s
Smyth until 10 o'clock this morning" he said,
" and at II o'clock the signs were down by his
advice. believe Mr.. Smyth. under all circun-
had no intention Of disregarding tho courts
deCrees."