Ætna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Ætna Auto Finance, Inc.

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

The suit was brought by appellant to enjoin appellee from using as its corporate name “Aetna Auto Finance, Inc.” The gist of the complaint as appellant's brief states it, was that defendant, a newly formed company, loaning money to automobile owners, and furnishing insurance on their cars, in connection with the loans, has chosen the name by which plaintiff has, for a long time been known, and has imitated its advertising, and is thereby leading these owners to think they are dealing with plaintiff, in violation of the principle that a name and reputation, like a…