Legal Opinion
First National Stores Inc. v. First National Liquor Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 26, 1944PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
The first paragraph of the bill alleges that this proceeding is brought under the provisions of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 155, § 9. That section (since amended in respects not now material by St. 1943, c. 295) provided in part that a corporation organized under general laws should not assume the name of another corporation previously established *539under the laws of the Commonwealth, or of a corporation carrying on business in the Commonwealth, or “a name so similar thereto as to be likely to be mistaken for it,” except with the written consent of the existing corporation. The statute conferred…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Canadian Club Beverage Co. v. Canadian Club Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- C. H. Batchelder & Co. v. BatchelderMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- International Trust Co. v. International Loan & Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Newburyport Society for the Relief of Aged Women v. NoyesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Hub Dress Manufacturing Co. v. RottenbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Lowell v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Skil Corp. v. BarnetMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
- Mellon National Bank & Trust Co. v. Commissioner of Corporations & TaxationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
- Silbert v. KersteinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Mann v. Parkway Motor Sales, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
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