Chadron Opera House Co. v. Loomer

Ames,.C.

This is an appeal from a decree dismissing the plaintiff’s action after a trial upon the merits. Appellant, a corporation, brought the suit as lessee of a building in Chadron, styled “The Chadron Opera House,” seeking to enjoin the use of the same name for the carrying on of a business similar to that of the plaintiff in, and in connection with, another building in Chadron.

The evidence is in some conflict and confusion but, as nearly as we can make out, the appellees, defendants below, are conducting their business in a frame building, erected in 1886 for a skating rink, but provided…