Kellogg v. Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Calhoun; North (Walter H.), J. Bill by John Harvey Kellogg and others against the Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake Company and others to enjoin the use of a trade-name, and for an accounting. Defendants filed a cross-bill claiming affirmative relief. From a decree dismissing the bill and granting in part the prayer of the cross-bill, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The bill of complaint herein was filed by Dr. John H. Kellogg, head of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, and by the companies under his control. The case presents questions involving trade-names and claimed unfair competition. The plaintiff complains against the Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake Company, Will K. Kellogg, a brother of Dr. Kellogg, and other defendant companies controlled by him, and John L. Kellogg, son of Will K. Kellogg, said Will K. Kellogg and John L. Kellogg being officers in control of defendant companies. An injunction is sought by plaintiffs to restrain the defendants from the use…
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