STANDARD ACC. INS. CO. v. STANDARD SURETY & CASUALTY CO.


53 F.2d 119 (1931)

STANDARD ACC. INS. CO. v. STANDARD SURETY & CASUALTY CO. OF NEW YORK.

District Court, S. D. New York.

August 4, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hughes, Schurman & Dwight, of New York City (Ralph S. Harris, of New York City, Merritt U. Hayden, of Detroit, Mich., and Benjamin C. Loder, of New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Rumsey & Morgan, of New York City (David Rumsey and Louis J. Wolff, both of New York City, of counsel), for defendant.


FRANK J. COLEMAN, District Judge (after stating the facts as above).

The question presented is whether the defendant by the mere use of its own corporate name in the casualty insurance and surety fields infringes any rights of the plaintiff. Before considering the degree of similarity between the titles and the effect of it, certain preliminary facts should be recognized.

In the first place, the plaintiff has an exceedingly...

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