Holmes, Booth & Haydens v. Holmes, Booth & Atwood Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill in equity for an injunction against tlie use of a name by the respondents, both parties being joint stock corporations ; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County. The court found the following facts. The petitioners were organized under the joint stock laws of this state, by the name of “ Holmes, Booth & Haydens,” in the year 1858, for the purpose of manufacturing and dealing in brass and other metal goods.
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Bill in equity for an injunction against tlie use of a name by the respondents, both parties being joint stock corporations ; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County. The court found the following facts. The petitioners were organized under the joint stock laws of this state, by the name of “ Holmes, Booth & Haydens,” in the year 1858, for the purpose of manufacturing and dealing in brass and other metal goods. Israel Holmes, John C. Booth, Henry H. Hayden, and James A. Hayden, were among the original stockholders in the corporation, and the corporate title thereof was made up of…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
In 1853 the plaintiff corporation was organized under the joint stock laws of this state, taking the name of four of its principal corporators or promoters. Two of these, Israel Holmes and John C. Booth, whose names appear in the corporate title, by long experience had acquired considerable skill and reputation in the manufacture of brass, the business for which the corporation was organized. Thus organized, the corporation established and carried on a successful business, and their corporate name acquired a valuable reputation in the public markets of the country. There were but five…
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