Atlas Assurance Co. v. Atlas Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Gourt.— Hon. Hugh Brennan, Judge. Suit in equity, brought by the Atlas Assurance Company against the Atlas Insurance Company; both being corporations doing a fire insurance business in the State of Iowa, wherein the plaintiff seeks to restrain the defendant from in any manner using the trade-mark, symbol, or device of the plaintiff. There was a decree in the plaintiff’s favor, from which the defendant appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtSherwin, J.
The plaintiff was organized as an insurance company in 1808, under the laws of Great Britain, and under name of the “Atlas Assurance Company.” In *2301842, the word “ Limited ” was added, so that the name of the plaintiff since that time has been the “ Atlas Assurance Company, Limited.” It was authorized to do fire insurance business in the State of Iowa in 1892, and has continued to receive each year from the State a permit to do business herein, and has paid the State the taxes required by law for such purpose. In addition to the name “Atlas,” it uses upon its policies of insurance, letter…
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