Legal Opinion
Lawyers Title Ins. Co. v. Lawyers Title Ins. Corporation
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 16, 1939No. 7329PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUTLEDGE, Associate Justice.
The appeal is from a judgment dismissing the bill after hearing on the merits as to both law and facts. The parties will be designated as they stood below. Plaintiff sought an injunction restraining defendant from using its corporate name for doing the business of insuring real estate titles in the District of Columbia. The corporate names of plaintiff and defendant are identical except for the difference between the words “company” and “corporation”.
Plaintiff is a District corporation, organized in 1896 under the name “Lawyers Title and Guaranty Insurance…
2Cases cited66 opinions
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