Legal Opinion

Chakos v. Morden

New York Supreme Court

Decided December 3, 1953Published

1Opinion of the CourtFisher, J.

The plaintiff conducting a restaurant business in the city of Niagara Falls, New York under the name of “ The Colonial ” seeks to restrain and enjoin the defendants from conducting a restaurant business within the same city under the name of “ Colonial House ”.

For the past twenty-seven years, the plaintiff has operated a restaurant at 39 Falls Street in the city of Niagara Falls, New York. From 1926 to 1936, he used the name “ Colonial Tea Room ’ ’ and registered said name in 1933, but in 1939, he remodeled and thereafter placed a large sign on the outside of his building with the name ‘ ‘…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Taendsticksfabriks Akticbolagat Vulcan v. MyersNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
  2. Fisher v. . Star Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1921
  3. Colman v. . CrumpNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  4. Eastern Construction Co. v. Eastern Engineering Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1927
  5. Louis' Restaurant, Inc. v. CoffeyNew York Supreme Court · 1928

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