Greacen v. Bell

KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

It appears from the record in this case that in 1885 the Waddell Manufacturing Company was engaged in the manufacture of certain washers made from a combination of rubber, to which it applied the distinguishing name of “The Boss,” and that afterwards the said company adopted the name of the “Boss Washer Company.” Neither of said companies was incorporated. In 1886 William M. Clarke succeeded to the business of the Boss Washer Company, became the owner of the assets, and continued to manufacture the said washers, and their sale, under the name of the “Boss Washer.”…