Auto Acetylene Light Co. v. Prest-O-Lite Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio; John M. Killits, Judge. Suit in equity by the Prest-O-Lhe Company, Inc., against the Auto Acetylene Light Company and Llewellyn Young. Decree for complainant, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
The Prest-O-Lite Company has for many years been engaged in generating, storing, and distributing acetylene gas for use in automobile lighting and in welding. Its gas is stored in portable steel cylinders lined with asbestos or other porous *538material, which absorbs a quantity of acetone, which, in turn, is satúráted with acetylene gas introduced under pressure;, the outflow for consumption'being valve-controlled. The entire package, so filled, is furnished the consumer in the first instance. When the gas is consumed, the tank is, under complainant’s system, accepted at…
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