Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the United States of America v. Improved Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the World
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Shelby County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari from the Court of Civil Appeals to the Supreme Court. F. H. Heiskell, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Neil
The complainant alleged in its bill that it was a corporation chartered under the name of “Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the United States of America,” and that its members were generally known over the United States as the “Elks;” that the defendant was subsequently chartered under the name of the “Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World;” that the similarity of the two names has not only produced confusion in the operations of the two bodies, but, in the nature of things, will continue to cause confusion, in the fact that mail intended for the one will be…
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