Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1913 — "Fraud of the Label." [ARTICLE]

"Fraud of the Label."

The "fraud of the label” to, I believe, a phase familiar, and your readers may be Interested to hear how we deal with it here. A "coiiSommateur” recently asked at a cate to he served with a particular kind of drink, which he specified by name, and was given instead an aperitif of another brand, without beint Informed of the substitution. The Cour de Cassation has now given judgment in the matter, and holde' that snch substitution-constitutes an illegal action, the illegality being toward the proprietor of the brand asked for by the customer. This decision ifoes much further than this, however, for the court has held that in-such circumstances the prejudice to the interests of the proprietor of the brand in question Is such as to entitle him to bring an action for damages against the owner of the case. This decision appears to open up somewhat farreaching possibilities.—Paris Corre spondence London Globe.