ALLEN B. WRISLEY CO. V. GEO. E. ROUSE SOAP CO.
589
deemed. But, aside from this, a further and complete answer to the asserted right of the complainant to the relief sought by his bill is found in the fact that the land which was mortgaged to O'Oonnor was the partnership property of the mortgagors. After the foreclosure of a mortgage on real estate and the sale of the mortgaged property, the right to redeem from the sale is pureiy statutory. Section 7m of the Code of Civil Procedure of California confers the right upon-First, the judgment debtor or his successor in inter in the whole or any part of the property; and, second, a creditor st having a lien by judgment or mortgage on the property sold, or on some share or part thereof, subsequent to that on which the prop was sold. Tbe property belonged to the firm of Bailey & Carrty penter. It may be assumed from the facts stated in the pleadings that the title was vested in the firm. Upon the death of Carpenter, ihe possession of the partnership property was vested in the surviving partner. He had the absolute right of possession, and the power to control the property until the affairs of the partnership were wound up. It is still in his hands as such surviving partner. No right of redemption has descended to the heirs of Oarpenter. Allen v. Hill, 16 Cal. 113; TheIler v. Such, 57 Cal. 447; Robertson v. Burrill, 110 Oal. 568, 42 Pac. 1086; Smith v. Walker, 38 Cal. 388. The appellant clearly comes within neither of the classes of persons who are given the statutory right to redeem the mortgaged property after a mortgage foreclosure and sale. His assignor is not the judgment ,debtor, nor is he his successor in interest, nor was he a creditor having a lien by judgment or otherwise on the property sold. The de-cree of the circuit court must be affirmed. ALLEN B. WRISLEY CO. v. GEO. E. ROUSE SOAP CO. et al. (CircuIt Court, E. D. Wisconsin. May 9, 1898.) "I'RADE-MARKS-UNFAIR COMPETITION.
A solid blue label for packages of laundry soap, bearing the words "Old Country," Is not Infringed, or unfairly Imitated, by the use of a label having on It the national colors of the United States, with the words "Our Country." ,
On motion for preliminary injunction to restrain the defendants irom using the words "Our Country" as the designation of their manufacture of laundry soap, with the colors and form of labels on the packages shown in exhibits, based upon either of two grounds: (1) Infringement of complainant's trade-mark "Old Country," as applied to a brand of laundry soap; or (2) fraudulent simulation to palm off ,defendants' goods as those of complainant's manufacture. Poole & Brown, for complainant. Wigman & Martin and W. H. Timlin, for defendants. SEAMAN, District Judge. The resemblance in form, size, and weight of the packages of soap in question and in the Manilla wrapper referred to in the bill filed is conceded to be common to other makes «)f laundry soap, and is clearly not actionable. There is no possible
590
87 FEDERAL REPORTER.
c,onfusion in the names of the respective manufacturers or their locations, but the similitude for which infringement or fraudulent appropriation is asserted rests in the use of the word "Country," with the qualifying word "Our," having the same initial letter and the same number of letters as in the word "Old" employed by the complainant r and that blue, which is the sole color printed on the complainant's label, is also made quite distinctive as one of the colors in defendants; label. On the other hand, ,the label of the defendants, taken as a whole, presents an appearance of contradistinction from the other. Instead of the sober single coloring of blue on the "Old Country" design, the defendants give emphasis to their assumption of patriotism in the title "Our Country" by taking on the national colors, so that the label is made in red, white (or buff), and blue; the stars and stripes being dominant in the general. effect, and red, rather than the blue, the. dominant color. The design, more effusive than resthetic, has the effe,ct of a challenge rather than a disguise. Surely, there can be no, reasonable presumption that any purchaser of sufficient intelligence to know the want of a special brand, and looking for one marked as an "Old Country" production, would expect to find it under this fervid display of nativity. . I have carefully considered the authorities Cited on behalf of the complainant, ,and not only recQgnize, but heartily concur in, the doctrine which prevails in thi.$ circuit, strongly favoring the equitable remedy. against fraudulentineans to divert or attract the legitimate trade belonging to another by disguises which impose upon unwary purchasers. 'Pillsbury v. Mills Co., 24 U. S. App. 395, 12C. C.A. 432, and 64 Fed. 841; Johnson v. Bauer, 27 C. C. A. 374, 82 Fed. 662. See, also, N. K. Fairbank Co. v. R. W. Bell Mfg. Co., 45 U. So App 190, 23 C. C. A. 554, and 77 Fed. 869; and note to Scheuer v. Mueller, 20 C. C. A. 165. But within the utmost extension of that doctrine no ground is established here, in my opinion, to grant the preliminary injunction prayed for. It must be left to final hearing to determine the weight which may be given to the term "Country," so far as that word may have been appropriated by the complainant to designate its manufacture of soap, especially in view of the showing on behalf of the defendants that the term has long been in popular use as some portion of the trade name of numerous other productions of soap, at least antedating the recording of complainant's trademark, and apparently unquestioned. Therefore the injunction pendente lite is denied.
=
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. v. LAGRANDE EDISON ELECTRIC CO. et at. (Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth .Circuit. May 10, 1898.) , No. 416. MORTGAGES-FoRECI,OSURE-TRUSTEES-SECURED BONDHOLDERS.
A hol<ler of bon<ls secured bY a general mortgage, to .a trustee r.or the benefit of' .all the bondholders, .although the right to sue belongs to him individually: may not bring a suit to foreclose the mortgage either for the interest or the principal due, 'without alleging that the trustee has been requested,'to bring tbe suit, and has refused, or without showing some other reason why the trustee may not represent him in the suit.