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BROWN CHEMICAL CO. v. MEYER

No. 226.

139 U.S. 540 (1891)

BROWN CHEMICAL COMPANY v. MEYER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 6, 1891.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Rowland Cox for appellant.

Mr. J.E. McKeighan for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN delivered the opinion of the court.

The general proposition is well established that words which are merely descriptive of the character, qualities or composition of an article, or of the place where it is manufactured or produced, cannot be monopolized as a trade mark; Canal Company v. Clark, 13 Wall. 311; Manufacturing Company v. Trainer, 101 U.S. 51; Caswell v. Davis, 35...

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