Legal Opinion

Prest-O-Lite Co. v. Davis

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided July 25, 1914No. Nos. 2583, 2584PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Appeals from the District Court of the United States for tlie Southern District of Ohio; Howard C. Hollister, Judge. Suit in equity for unlawful competition by tlie Prest-O-Dite Company against Arthur C. Davis and another, doing business as Gluchowsky & Davis. From a decree for complainant for less than the relief demanded (209 Fed. 917), both parties appeal.

1Per curiam

The Prest-O-Lite Company, a manufacturer and distributor of acetylene gas for lighting automobiles and other vehicles, brought suit to restrain alleged unfair competition and infringement of trade-mark by defendants, who are dealers in automobile accessories. Complainant stores its gas in portable steel cylinders lined with asbestos, which absorbs a quantity of acetone, which in turn is saturated with acetylene gas introduced under pressure, the outflow for consumption being valve-controlled. The entire package, so filled by complainant with its gas (the gas being trade-marked under the name…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Dr. Miles Medical Co. v. John D. Park & Sons Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
  2. Singer Manufacturing Co. v. June Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
  3. G. & C. Merriam Co. v. SaalfieldCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1912
  4. Coca Cola Co. v. Gay-Ola Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1912
  5. John D. Park & Sons Co. v. HartmanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1907

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Pierce v. GreenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1940
  2. O. & W. Thum Co. v. DickinsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1917
  3. American Dirigold Corp. v. Dirigold Metals Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1942
  4. Carl Zeiss Stiftung v. V.E.B. Carl Zeiss, JenaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1969
  5. Associated Press v. International News ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917

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