Armour & Co. v. Master Tire & Rubber Co.

HOUGH, District Judge.

Armour & Co. filed its bill of complaint against tbe Master Tire & Rubber Company for injunctions and accounting. A basis of tbe remedy asked is unfair competition in tbe use of tbe word “Armour” as a trade-name. Tbe bill of complaint was twice amplified by amendment. Later, tbe Armour Tire & Rubber Company as well as tbe receivers for both companies were made parties defendant; the Armour Tire & Rubber Company being subsequently organized under tbe laws of Ohio for tbe purpose of acting as a selling agency for tbe Master Tire & Rubber Company. These two companies were…