ELGIN NAT'L WATCH CO. v. ILLINOIS WATCH CO.

No. 121.

179 U.S. 665 (1901)

ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH COMPANY v. ILLINOIS WATCH CASE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 7, 1901.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lysander Hill for appellants. Mr. George S. Prindle was on his brief.

Mr. Thomas A. Banning for appellees. Mr. Ephraim Banning was on his brief.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The Circuit Court of Appeals held that the bill must be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. The parties to the suit were all citizens of Illinois, and the court was of opinion that it could not be maintained under the act of March 3, 1881, c. 138, 21 Stat. 502.

In the Trade Mark Cases, 100 U.S. 82, this court held that the act of July...

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