Brown Sheet Iron & Steel Co. v. Brown Steel Tank Co.

Hilton, Justice.. Action to enjoin the defendant corporation, its officers and in-corporators (hereinafter referred to as the defendant) from using the name of “Brown Steel Tank Company” or the name “Brown” alone or in combination with any other words in the manufacture or sale of steel tanks, barrels, sheet iron, and steel products.

Prior to 1913 George A. Brown was the owner of a business conducted in Minneapolis under the name of “Brown Sheet Iron and Steel Works.” In 1913 he and others organized the plaintiff company under the name of “Brown Sheet Iron & Steel Company” located in St. Paul.…