HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORP. v. HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORP.

No. 170.

11 F.Supp. 3 (1935)

HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION OF DELAWARE v. HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

District Court, N. D. West Virginia.

May 24, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Brien & O'Brien, of Wheeling, W. Va., and Ballard Moore and John A. Marzall (of Cox & Moore), both of Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Schmidt, Hugus & Laas and Ewing & McGinley, all of Wheeling, W. Va., for defendant.


BAKER, District Judge.

The subject-matter of the controversy is the adoption by the defendant of the exact same name as that of the plaintiff. Plaintiff objects to the defendant using its name, on the grounds that the public will become misled; that confusion will exist in the mind of the public; that plaintiff's stock value is likely to depreciate; that plaintiff's banking connections and stock have been and are still endangered; and that plaintiff's credit, business...

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