Collins Co. v. Oliver Ames & Sons Corp.

Blatcheord, Justice.

Prior to May, 1834, Samuel W. Collins, David C. Collins, and John F. Wells, as copartners under the name of ' Collins & Co., had been carrying on, in the state of Connecticut, the business of making and selling axes and other edge-tools. They have been in the habit of using as a trade-mark the words “Collins & Co.” stamped on the articles which they made. They failed in business. In May, 18’34, the legislature of Connecticut created a corporation by the name of “The Collins Manufacturing Company,” to-be located in the town of Canton, in that state, “for the purpose of…