COLUMBIA MILL COMPANY v. ALCORN

No. 115.

150 U.S. 460 (1893)

COLUMBIA MILL COMPANY v. ALCORN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 4, 1893.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. P.H. Gunckel, for appellant, submitted on his brief.

No appearance for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE JACKSON delivered the opinion of the court.

The complainant, a corporation of Minnesota, engaged in the manufacture of flour at Minneapolis in that State, brought this bill to restrain the defendants from using the word "Columbia" in a brand placed on flour sold by them. The complainant alleged that it had selected this word as a fanciful and arbitrary name or trade-mark at least five years prior to the filing of the bill, for the use and purpose of identifying...

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