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CASTNER v. COFFMAN

No. 113.

178 U.S. 168 (1900)

CASTNER v. COFFMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 21, 1900.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur von Briesen and Mr. Frederick P. Fish for Castner. Mr. Henry E. Everding was on their brief.

Mr. E.B. Stocking for Coffman.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The complainants in their bill predicate their asserted right to the sole and exclusive use of the name Pocahontas, as applying to coal, upon two grounds: First, the ownership of the alleged trademark, which it is averred the complainants acquired from the Southwest Virginia Improvement Company in April, 1895; and, second, upon a use by the complainants and their predecessors...

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