The Southern herald., 1898-04-08

Louis, Defeats J. ii. Eet.in & Co.
iFron 50 I5Cis Republic. July 4 isa3l
aThs Supreme Court ot Tennessee on June % ce-
eldsd the most Important Trademark csse that las
ever be tried "a that ate and oae Of iAe lafgeit
sFcf tried n tho Unioa, nlrrins and enlaTgng lhs
eninlos of ne court below. Tie court he'd;
/. ThN. Dr. n. A. Simmons, The predecessor OF
complainant. By extensive adyerutiog o. his eele-
bratsd remedy kaoEu 81 "Slmmons Liver Nedl-
dias," made il a standard remedy for liver diseases
long pri 70 tao accgisl.oa ~ J. Il. zeila Co. Of
4 T5as tAs nssguor Of ;. II. Zalln & Co, throuzh
whom they claimed the night 70 make the tsaudu.ent
packages eniolasl, never derived any uleffon A. 2,
simmons 70 make the medicine nor 70 use bis narle
or picture, and taat such use By Zs!i.n 4 GO; Is
fFsli upon the publc, an1 Is therefore enloined.
8 That Zsilin & CO. purporely, fraud-leuuy la
belsd their medicine IN imitation ot coIrplan1nts
uslicine % unfairly appropriate The trade q tae
Simmons Medicine Com pany, and the execution OK
IaIs fraudulea. purpose and act is eniCiaed.
4. Eajoined 2eilia & c.. from using thelr conl-
petor tra1e-nana, trade Iacrss, or symbols, or
inlatons thereof % deceive epGslc aat unfairly
appropriate 70 themselves tie uade Of the q, Il.
S.-Ii i. Inioiasd zsiiia Co., iror, deceivng a-d
pracucing iraal upon Tho public By labelling their
pagkages IN imi.ailoa Of the wrappers and trade
marks oi the complainant.
8. Enioined Zai.in & CO. from TIE Manufacture
and sale o; the medi-ine u1der the name q "sim-
mors Liver Ned.cinc.'' or "Er. Simmons Liyef
Medicias," or Liver Nedi cine By A. q. siamoas,"
md from using tie picture Of A. g. simmons In
connection herewith.
Z. Enjoinsi ZeiIia & Co.. their assignees, agents
end smployes from dscsiyi4g and practcins fra q
upon the plbo By the sale Of packages thus falsely
tahsled either upoa orders or cGB for Ito genuine
"S.mmons Liver Medicine - q complainant, OF
In AuT package this falsely labeled.
g Ths court stated that Il vas tho purpose ot the
eoart 10 entfelg destroy the tfaudulenily labeled
packages above described, and cause their removal
from tho Market and ordered Zsilin Co. % LIVER
70 tho CLERK 10 be destroyed, ell cuts dies, e!cctr0-
types. ongraginss and other pafapierna!ia u7cd in
iupressng either Of ths above names or the picture
eta. Q. Simmons.
q De-rssd thai Zsiiln & CO. pay all the damages
which have accrued % complainant By t5e sale Of
these f:aui1ently labeled pas iages. The damages
clzinsd by complainant were 500 0.
70. Dccfeei that Icn & Co. pay all the costs.
which anouat 70 several tho1sa1d dollRrs Ec record
bolag oas Of tho largest ever Gied IN tho bupEem'
Coart. ~
Cheap Eedicine.
As rule, "cheap nCd.clne' is inert, worthless, ri
dag rOus. Ia Zein Z Co. 'sanswer to our bill theJ
sad tno packages en!lined were designed as "clelE
negro medicine for tho negroes Il the Msslss pp
Valley Now, as Zoilin & Co. advertisements fsy
cad their manager gwore, that oil the liver modicirt
which thor make Is made By the same formula Isl IA
not conclusive evidence from their sworn testimony
end advertisements, that O u the liver medicine eman-
aanE from them IS Cheap Negro MedlcreY' Qucs'
ten: Do tho Hiak Of Amer ca desire Cheap Negro
Melicins?" Let the an ce1 answer By then
fliu-e purchases. Dr.. n. A. Simmons Liver
Mslicine, established "a l>i1, is not cheap medi'
cina.h Il is no cure all ~ AID IS only recon-.
lei or hose indsposiu ons caused b. inactivity
of tle liver.