Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Cunningham

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Ratliff

Affirming.

Appellant, a corporation, and appellees, a partnership composed of W. M. Cunningham and R. G. Cunningham, doing business under the name of Cunningham Oil Company, are engaged in the distribution of petroleum and petroleum products and operating filling-stations in Ballard, Carlisle, and Hickman counties, Kentucky. For several years previous to December 11, 1939, the Illinois Oil Company was likewise engaged in the same business in the same counties, and perhaps-other adjacent or nearby counties, and maintained and supplied service stations at…