Supreme Court of the United States May 21, 1900, 113 (Castner v. 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 Yirginia Improvement Company in April,