Geo. T. Stagg Co. v. E. H. Taylor, Jr., & Sons
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 111 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM ERAKKLIK CIRCUIT COURT. 1. E. H. Taylor, Jr., having, for valuable consideration, united in forming a corporation to exist fortwenty-five years, under the corporate name of “The E. H. Taylor, Jr., Company,” thereby debarred himself from using his own name, during the existence of the corporation, in such a form as to confuse the trade of the corporation. (Haydon Co. v. Haydon, 9 Am.
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Case 111 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM ERAKKLIK CIRCUIT COURT. 1. E. H. Taylor, Jr., having, for valuable consideration, united in forming a corporation to exist fortwenty-five years, under the corporate name of “The E. H. Taylor, Jr., Company,” thereby debarred himself from using his own name, during the existence of the corporation, in such a form as to confuse the trade of the corporation. (Haydon Co. v. Haydon, 9 Am. Rep., 324 (37 Conn., 238); Brazier v. Brazier Co., 2 Am. St. Rep., 73 (121 111., 147); Russia Cement Co. v. LePage, 9 Am. St. Rep., 685 (147 Mass., 206) ; Symonds v. Jones,…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HAZELRIGG
delivered the orwrioi.' or the court.
In January, 1887, the appellees, E. II., J. S. & Kenner Taylor, formed a partnership under the name of E. H. Taylor, Jr., & Sons, and began the manufacture of whisky at what had theretofore been known as the “ J. S. Taylor Distillery,” in Woodford County, Ky. They at once changed the name of their distillery to the “ Old Taylor” distillery, and before the end of the year had discontinued the use of the name, “J. S. Taylor,” in connection with the distillery or the whisky manufactured there, branding, advertising and selling their product as…
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