Legal Opinion

Electrolux Corp. v. Val-Worth, Inc.

New York Court of Appeals

Decided July 8, 1959PublishedCited by 74 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Chief Judge Conway.

The plaintiff is the manufacturer of the widely known ‘ ‘ Electrolux ’ ’ vacuum cleaner. The defendants-respondents are Solomon Sacks, who does business as “ Famous Vacuum Shops ” and “ Famous Appliance Shops,” and Vacuum Cleaner Conservation Company, Inc., of which Sacks is the president and principal stockholder.

It appears that respondents have been purchasing used ‘ ‘ Model XTT ’ ’ Electrolux vacuum cleaners from plaintiff and others since 1948 for prices ranging from $3.00 to $7.50 each. *560Respondents would then disassemble the machines, clean and rebuild them, and, when…

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. International News Service v. Associated PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
  2. Mountain Timber Company v. State of WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  3. Elgin National Watch Co. v. Illinois Watch Case Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
  4. Howe Scale Co. v. Wyckoff, Seamans & BenedictSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  5. Rothschild v. . Title Guarantee Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1912

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3Cited by74 opinions

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  3. Flexitized, Inc., and Flexitized Sales Corporation v. National Flexitized Corporation and Dubin-Haskell Lining Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
  4. Mayer v. Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1985
  5. Roy Export Company Establishment Of Vaduz, Liechtenstein v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982

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