Sohier v. Johnson

The plaintiffs and the defendant are joint executors and trustees under the will of William P. Winchester. The bill, filed February 10,1871, avers that the late firm of E, A. & W. Winchester for many years carried on the manufacture of soap in Cambridge; that they had adopted and used the name of the firm as a trade-mark, to designate and mark their soap; that the testator at the time of his death was the sole remaining member of said firm, and was the sole owner and possessor of said trade-mark; and that upon his death it became the property of and vested in the executors and trustees under…