Coffman v. Castner
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia. This was a suit in equity by Samuel Castner, Jr., and Henry B. Cur-ran against W. H. Coffman to restrain defendant from alleged wrongful use of a trade-name. There was a judgment for plaintiffs, and the defendant prosecutes this appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
GOFF, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court for the district of West Virginia entered on the 5th day of May, 1897, in the chancery cause of Samuel Castner, Jr., and Henry B. Curran, trading under the firm name of Castner & Curran, against W. H. Coffman, doing business under the name and style of Pocahontas Coke & Coal Company, and also as W. H. Coffman Coke Company. By such order the defendant below (appellant here) was in his own name, and in the name of the Pocahontas Coke & Coal Company, and also as the W. H. Coffman Coke Company, together with his servants,…
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