Legal Opinion
Wilton Mortuary, Inc. v. Woolsey-Wilton Funeral Home, Ltd.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided January 6, 1986No. 3—85—0676PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wombacher
Defendant Woolsey-Wilton Funeral Home, Ltd. (Woolsey-Wilton), appeals the granting of a preliminary injunction that prohibited it from using the name or mark “Wilton” in connection with its business within a 25-mile radius of Peoria. We reverse.
Richard Wilton, president of Woolsey-Wilton, was fired by plaintiff, the Wilton Mortuary, Inc. (the mortuary), in September 1984. The mortuary had been run by the Wiltons in Peoria since 1884. Richard’s father, Ralph Wilton, Sr., died in 1981. Ralph’s wife, Lillian, Richard’s stepmother, became chairman of the board of the mortuary. Robert Wilton,…
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