Legal Opinion

Michigan Savings Bank v. Dime Savings Bank

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 14, 1910No. Docket No. 57PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from Wayne; Rohnert, J. Bill by the Michigan Savings Bank of Detroit against the Dime Savings Bank and others to enjoin a proposed change in the name of defendant bank. From a decree for complainant, defendant bank appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.

The complainant has for more than 30 years conducted a general banking business in the city of Detroit under the name and style “Michigan Savings Bank,” its corporate name being “Michigan Savings Bank of Detroit, Mich.” The defendant bank has also conducted a general banking business in the same city since the year 1884, its corporate name being “The Dime Savings Bank of Detroit, Mich.” The Dime Savings Bank acquired the business of the Citizens’ Savings Bank of the same city and thereupon elected and determined to change its name to “The Bank of Michigan,” and for that purpose resolved to…

2Cited by18 opinions

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