Neuhoff, Inc. v. Neuhoff Packing Co.

MARTIN, Circuit Judge.

Neuhoff, Incorporated, a Virginia corporation, has appealed from a decree of the United States District Court for Middle Tennessee which enjoined it from engaging in specified acts of unfair competition with Neuhoff Packing Company, a Tennessee corporation. The use of its corporate name by appellant and its use of the trade names “Neuhoff” and “Neuhoff’s” in proscribed territory was found, in the circumstances ■of the case, to constitute “constructive fraud.”

As is generally true in litigation pertaining to unfair competition, the facts must be set forth somewhat in…