Prest-O-Lite Co. v. Heiden
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas; Jacob Trieber, Judge. Suit by the Prest-O-Uite Company against Herman E. Heiden and another, doing business as the Little Rock Headlight Company. Erom a decree for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The Prest-O'-Lite Company makes and sells packages of acetylene gas for supplying automobile headlights, and undertakes to and does furnish any 'owner of an empty tank to ofie of its packages at any considerable city or town, and at many villages in the United States and parts of Canada, one of its filled tanks in exchange for this empty tank, for 10 per cent, of the cost of the original package. It has expended more than a million dollars in establishing this system of exchange, providing a stock of its gas packages at every considerable town ready for exchange, and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Searchlight Gas Co. v. Prest-O-Lite Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1914
- Prest-O-Lite Co. v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1914
- Prest-O-Lite Co. v. DavisDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1913
- Prest-O-Lite Co. v. Avery Lighting Co.District Court, N.D. New York · 1908
- Prest-O-Lite Co. v. H. W. Bogen, Inc.District Court, S.D. California · 1910
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Associated Press v. International News ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
- Auto Acetylene Light Co. v. Prest-O-Lite Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1920
- Moline Plow Co. v. Omaha Iron Store Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1916
- Auto Acetylene Light Co. v. Prest-O-Lite Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1921
- Hartford Charga-Plate Associates, Incorporated v. Youth Centre-Cinderella Stores, Inc., Defendant-RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
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